By: Rukhshana Media
Taliban forces beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday, October 1, as they violently dispersed a rally of Kaaj students who took to the streets in Kabul for yesterday’s suicide attack which left dozens of their fellows killed and wounded.
According to our reporter in Kabul, the protesters were mostly female students who survived the explosion yesterday.
About 40 Kaaj tuition students – chanting “The terrorists commit crimes, the world supports them”, “Stop the genocide”, “Justice, justice, we are tired of ignorance – marched from Pol-e-Sokhta area to Mohammad Ali Jinnah hospital in west Kabul, before the fighters dispersed them by firing their guns into the air.
A protester, who asked to remain anonymous, the Taliban dispersed the protesters using aerial shots and shock batons.
The Taliban did not allow anyone to join the protesters and beat those who took pictures and videos of the protest.
Some journalists covering the earlier demonstrations were also beaten by the Taliban fighters.
According to our reporter, two protesters in front of Jinnah hospital were families of yesterday’s victims who said they have not found their children’s bodies yet.
Most of the victims of yesterday’s attack were transferred to Mohammad Ali Jinnah Hospital.
It’s reported that the Taliban prevented families from meeting the victims with violence, and even those who were willing to donate blood.
According to the Kaaj staff, the suicide attacker first shot dead the guard of the center and then entered the classroom and detonated himself.
The Taliban said more than 20 were killed and 40 wounded but witnesses said the death toll could be as high as 35, and the injuries as high as 82.
Yesterday’s attack took place at the same center where a similar attack killed 48 students in 2018 and wounded 67 others.
Abdul Rahim Shahid high school, Sayed Ul-Shohada high school, and Kausar tuition center are among the major educational centers in the Shia-Hazara neighborhood of Kabul which have been targeted by suicide attacks.
Amnesty International, United Nations, and UNICEF have condemned the attacks and demanded the protection of educational centers and Hazara people.
