How Herat defied the Taliban regime, chanting ‘women, work and freedom’

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In Herat, Afghanistan, protests erupted in early June in response to Taliban-enforced dress codes requiring women to wear burqas. Many women were arrested during these protests but were later released due to widespread community opposition.

The protests in the Afghan city in the first week of June were triggered by the enforcement of a dress code, which requires women to wear burqa in public; many women, including those wearing traditional Afghan wear of manto, were arrested, but released later as entire communities protested