The Taliban fired shots in the air to disperse the anti-Pakistan rally in Kabul, news agency AFP reported.
In an anti-Pakistan rally in Kabul on Tuesday, hundreds of Afghans, mostly women, participated and chanted slogans against Islamabad and ISI. The Taliban, which is in control of the country now, opened fire on the rally as the protests intensified.
The Taliban fired shots in the air to disperse the anti-Pakistan rally in Kabul, news agency AFP reported.
According to local news channel Asvaka News, the Taliban opened fire on protesters gathered near the Presidential Palace in Kabul. The protesters were marching towards the Kabul Serena Hotel where the Pakistan ISI director has been staying since last week.
#Breaking (Asvaka Exclusive)
Happening now near Presidential Palace.
Taliban open fire on anti-Pakistan protesters who were marching towards ARG & Kabul Serena Hotel where the #Pak ISI director is living. pic.twitter.com/XvtMcM3OcI— Aśvaka – آسواکا News Agency (@AsvakaNews) September 7, 2021
Hundreds of Afghan men and women chanting slogans against Pakistan and showing placards on the streets of Kabul were seen in the multiple videos shared by local media channels and social media handles.
The Afghan protesters, as the protest intensified, called for “azaadi, azaadi” and “death to Pakistan”, “death to ISI”. Women wearing burqas and Niqab participated in large numbers and raised slogans against Pakistan.
Anger mounting on the streets of Kabul, people chanting "freedom" and "death to Pakistan". The demonstrators, many of them women, are in the centre of the Afghan capital #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/Jg5RDzFsiA
— Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) September 7, 2021
“No one has the right to invade Panjshir, neither Pakistan, nor Taliban,” an Afghan woman is heard saying in a video, in an apparent reference to the Taliban’s claim on Monday regarding capture of the Panjshir Valley.
#BREAKING
Female Protester in Kabul: “No one has the right to invade #Panjshir, neither Pakistan nor the Taliban. Long live the resistance.” https://t.co/puKGQryeMh— Muslim Shirzad (@MuslimShirzad) September 7, 2021
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