Afghan women’s protest movements took to the streets on Monday in Islamabad Pakistan to express their opposition to the Doha meeting and the participation of Taliban representatives, urging a boycott by women.
The Independent Coalition of Afghanistan’s Women’s Protest Movements organized a gathering in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Monday, voicing their objections to the Doha meeting with Taliban representatives and advocating resistance against the Taliban.
Chanting slogans such as “We, the women of Afghanistan, boycott the third Doha meeting. Bread, work, education. The world’s silence on Afghan women is shameful,” they accused the regional and international community of colluding with the Taliban.
They asserted that Afghanistan was handed over to the Taliban in a “shameful international and regional deal,” and for the past three years, Afghan people have endured difficult conditions under Taliban rule.
The statement issued by the protesters said, “Any meeting, agreement, and engagement with the enemies of the Afghan people, namely the terrorist Taliban, is boycotted and rejected.”
Labeling the Taliban as a terrorist group, the protesters held them responsible for the deaths of 80,000 Afghan security forces over the past 20 years and the targeting of thousands of civilians, including women and children.
They demanded that the Taliban be brought to justice.
The protesters also warned about the expansion of terrorist groups, including Al-Qaeda, in Afghanistan, urging the international community to remember September 11 and take preventive measures.
This protest comes ahead of the third meeting of special representatives for Afghanistan and Taliban representatives, scheduled to be hosted by the UN Secretary-General on June 30 and July 1 in Doha, Qatar.
