Women stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul

Taliban leaders insist publicly that ladies will play a distinguished function in society and have entry to schooling. But the group's public statements about adhering to their interpretation of Islamic values have stoked fears that there will probably be a return to the tough insurance policies of Taliban rule 20 years in the past, when girls all however disappeared from public life.

Some Afghan girls are already staying house out of fears for his or her security, and a few households are shopping for all-covering burqas for feminine family.

The demonstration in Kabul comes at some point after girls staged an analogous demonstration in Afghanistan's western metropolis of Herat. Women in that protest held a big signal that mentioned, "No government can be long lasting without the support of women. Our demands: The right to education and the right to work in all areas."

Lina Haidari, a protester on the Herat demonstration, mentioned the "rights and achievements of women, which we have worked and fought for over 20 years must not be ignored" underneath Taliban rule, in line with video of the occasion from Getty Images.

"I want to say that I was forced to stay at home for the crime of being a student 20 years ago," Haidari mentioned in footage gathered by the company, "And now 20 years later, for the crime of being a teacher and a woman."

The protests come amid heightened fears over safety underneath Taliban rule. A distinguished Afghan activist mentioned she didn't participate in the Herat demonstration due to a direct risk. ​She spoke to CNN on the situation of anonymity, fearing even expressing curiosity in the demonstration might topic her to reprisal.

Uncertain future

Mujahid mentioned the steering to remain at house can be momentary, and would enable the group to seek out methods to make sure that girls are usually not "treated in a disrespectful way" or "God forbid, hurt." He admitted the measure was needed as a result of the Taliban's troopers "keep changing and are not trained."

Worries about girls's destiny prompted the World Bank to announce the identical day that it was halting monetary help to the cash-strapped nation.

In the early months of the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan, girls had been more and more remoted from society and have become targets of harassment and assaults -- together with the high-profile homicide of three feminine journalists in March.

In early July, insurgents walked into the workplaces of Azizi Bank in the southern metropolis of Kandahar and ordered 9 girls working there to go away, Reuters reported. The feminine financial institution tellers had been informed that male family would take their place.