"Save Afghan Women": Hundreds Join In Protest At Delhi's Jantar Mantar

Students, mostly women, raised slogans demanding support for the Afghan women and children as Afghanistan's capital city Kabul fell to the militia on August 15.

Nearly a hundred people gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar this evening to express their solidarity with the Afghan community in the country as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Students, mostly women, raised slogans and carried posters demanding support for the Afghan women and children as Afghanistan's capital city Kabul fell to the militia last Sunday. With placards of "Save Afghan Women", they sought to raise their voices for the women who are on the brink of losing their hard-earned rights. Speaking to NDTV, one of the protesters Sadaf said, "I am here to raise my voice for the Afghan women who are in need. Their voices have been taken away by the Taliban. Whatever promises are made by the Taliban are all false. They are not allowed to work, not allowed to step out of the house without a man escorting them, they are kept as sex slaves, married forcibly. The children and women are the most vulnerable."