More than a dozen women staged a protest in Kabul on Sunday, holding up signs calling for the participation of women in public life. The protest came as female government employees in Kabul were told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men. The order was given by the interim mayor of Kabul, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers.

• Kabul government’s female workers told to stay at home by Taliban
• ‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police

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Source: The Guardian