Hundreds in Kabul Protest Taliban Rule
Voice of America
ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of protesters, including dozens of women, were in the streets Tuesday in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, chanting anti-Taliban slogans as they protested Taliban rule of the country and what they say is Pakistan’s involvement. سلګونه کسانو نن په کابل کې د پاکستان سفارت مخې ته لاریون کړی او د پاکستان خلاف شعارونه یې ورکړي.#طلوعنیوز pic.twitter.com/0EgDK6PYTc TOLOnews cameraperson Wahid Ahmadi was released after being detained for nearly three hours by the Taliban. His camera--with its footage of the protests he was covering--has been returned.#TOLOnews pic.twitter.com/lwB7aEReEZ While covering today's anti-#Pakistan's demonstration in #Kabul, Kabul News TV's cameraman Najim Sultani has been injured and the reporter Emran Fazili has been beaten, Taliban took their instruments either https://t.co/woQt8dFUTj Afghanistan:Amnesty International is deeply concerned about reports on use of violence against peaceful protestors & journalists in Kabul by the Taliban.Exercising right to freedom of peaceful assembly is a human right.Taliban must respect & allow people to exercise their rights. https://t.co/kkJSOGUL5y
The Taliban allowed some of the groups to walk through the streets, but they fired warning shots into the air in at least two locations, according to local media reports and video footage captured by mobile phones that is circulating on social media. Multiple men in dark clothing fired the shots to disperse hundreds of protesters gathered outside Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul. In one instance, the bursts were so long and sustained that they sounded like a fireworks display. Afghan television footage showed people running for cover.A person votes at a polling station during a special voting day, ahead of South Africa's general elections to elect a new National Assembly, in Cape Town, South Africa, May 27, 2024. Elderly special voter Thelma Thembeka Dingaan, 65, checks her ballot papers at her home in the Yeoville neighborhood of Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 27, 2024.
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