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They are not being able to shut them up, not even with blows. For the third day in a row, four dozen women with bravery as a flag have gone out to the center of Kabul, in coordination with other cities in Afghanistan, to demand face to face with the Taliban the respect of their rights.

They feel like the world is turning its back on them

. Although the militiamen avoided raising their hands on the first day, this Saturday, in an action that shows more confidence in their impunity,

the extremists have brutally repressed the protest

.

"They are savages," says Fahime, one of the Kabulis who came out to protest openly in front of those who want to make them disappear from the country.

"They opened her head to one of our colleagues

,

"

laments this young woman, who prefers not to give her name for fear of further reprisals. "Today I have seen the horror again. What happened has made me relive what I suffered under the Taliban years ago.

Why doesn't the world understand that the Taliban have not changed?

"

Anissa, one of the organizers of these marches, explains that their intention, initially, was to walk together through the center of Kabul playing the Republican national anthem and a song in favor of women. "Unfortunately, they did not let us read the manifesto," he explains.

"They beat one of us and pepper

sprayed

us

. We tried to reason with them several times. We invited one of their authorities to come and negotiate on women's rights in Islam, but they didn't even know how to do that."

In a picture that threatens to grow more virulent as the media focus shifts away from Afghanistan, the militants turned to brutality rather than words. "This is their mentality.

They are not ready to argue, only to use violence and more violence,

" says Anissa. "Their forces surrounded us. They told us we had two options, agree to go home two by two, or spend like this all night or as long as it took. We chose the first."

The evacuations to the West through the Kabul airport have been completed, a safer solution for many activists than to stay, but which in turn has been a drain of brilliant minds for Afghanistan,

those who prefer to stay speak out before the Taliban constitute their government .

They have already made it clear that they have no intention of allowing women, half of the population, to occupy positions of responsibility in their Executive. At most, they say, in lower ranks.

But for many women, the scenes of the last few weeks inevitably hark back to the recent past, of mandatory burqas, bans on leaving the house without a guardian and brutal corporal punishment for breaking its strict rules. That is why even provincial cities, such as Zaranj or Herat, have witnessed protests like those in Kabul. In the Afghan capital, a video shows a woman reaching to snatch the megaphone from the hand of a Taliban to raise her voice and harangue.

"We have two messages, one for the Taliban and one for the international community," emphasizes Anissa.

"We tell the former that we want clarity. If you do not want to accept women as part of this society, it will be difficult for you to manage Afghanistan or implement any policy. We want to make it clear that it will be very difficult for you to suppress in a week 21 years of progress, "he insists.

"We want to have the right to study, work and participate in the government,"

adds Fahime.

Protest today in Kabul.EM

"To the international community," Anissa continues, "we ask you to pay attention to the situation of women in the Afghan nation, especially activists. To defend us. If you don't argue with the Taliban, if you don't pressure them [so that give in to feminist demands], it

will be much more difficult for the US and the EU to live in peace

. This pressure is fundamental, "the activist emphasizes," because, otherwise, the same thing will happen as 25 years ago: this ignorance will have a high cost for everyone. "

Despite calls by the UN Security Council to the fledgling Taliban government to agree to guarantee the evacuations of Afghans, not all of them want to leave nor do they all feel safe in their own home.

"There are Taliban hovering near my house," Anissa fears.

For her part, Fahime acknowledges that, after having participated in the protest on Saturday, "I feel that I will not be able to leave the house again. I do not want to be a witness to the same violence that ended up making women completely disappear from society. 25 years ago. If the Taliban are recognized as the rulers of Afghanistan, "he says," there will be no way to live here.

There will be no space for women to breathe. "

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