Kabul: Protests broke out against Pakistan in Afghanistan and US for meddling in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and helping the Taliban. The protestors demanded removal of Pakistan’s ISI chief from Kabul.
Hundreds of men and women shouting slogans such as ‘Long live the resistance,’ and ‘Death to Pakistan’ marched in the streets to protest against the Taliban and what they called interference in Afghanistan’s affairs by neighbouring Pakistan.
The Taliban fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month.
The Islamists have yet to announce a government, but Afghans — fearful of a repeat of the group’s previous brutal reign between 1996 and 2001 — have staged small, isolated demonstrations in cities including the capital Kabul, Herat and Mazar-i-Sharif.
The previous day, a small group of women in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif gathered in a protest for their rights. Defiant women also came together in Herat last week demanding they be allowed to participate in the new government.