Taliban warn against protests, women's rights activism - Punch Newspapers

Afghanistan’s new Taliban authorities warned Saturday they have the right to crackdown on dissent and jail protesters, as concerns grew over the disappearance of two women activists.

This week, women activists said two of their comrades were seized from their homes in the capital after taking part in a demonstration. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied any women were being held, but said authorities had the right “to arrest and detain dissidents or those who break the law”.There have been a scattering of small protests demanding women’s rights, which have improved marginally in the patriarchal Muslim nation over the past 20 years.“If this happened in any other country, such people would be arrested,” Mujahid said. “We are not allowing illegal activities.

Girls in most provinces have not been allowed to return to secondary school, public universities are shuttered, and women have been banned from most public sector jobs.

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