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Afghan women call for global boycott of Taliban as they live in fear for their lives
Taliban fighters ride atop a Humvee on the way to detain Afghans involved in a street fight in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 21, 2021
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.
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