As the third anniversary of the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan approached, dozens of Afghan women gathered in Islamabad, Pakistan, to protest. They chanted slogans such as \u201cBread, Work, Freedom\u201d and \u201cThe Taliban commits crimes, the world supports.\u201d The protesters referred to August 15th as a \u201cshameful tragedy in Afghanistan\u2019s history\u201d and urged the international community to stand with Afghan women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As the third anniversary of the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Afghanistan approached, dozens of Afghan women gathered in Islamabad, Pakistan, to protest. They chanted slogans such as \u201cBread, Work, Freedom\u201d and \u201cThe Taliban commits crimes, the world supports.\u201d The protesters referred to August 15th as a \u201cshameful tragedy in Afghanistan\u2019s history\u201d and urged the international community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,34],"tags":[38,93,67,60],"class_list":["post-8366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afghanistan","category-women","tag-afghanistan","tag-pakistan","tag-taliban","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"\n