AFGHAN women called for a global boycott of the Taliban today, warning that they are living in fear for their lives as the Islamists continue to kill and persecute them.

Wahida Amin, from the Spontaneous Movement of Afghan Women Fighters, said members of the organisation, which has led protests against the Taliban, had been forced to flee their homes.

A number of its members have disappeared, with fears they have been abducted and possibly killed by Taliban security forces.