Since seizing control on August 15 last year, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan.
KABUL - Taliban fighters beat women protesters and fired into the air on Saturday as they violently dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power.
Some women protesters who took refuge in nearby shops were chased and beaten by Taliban fighters with their rifle butts. But many restrictions have already been imposed, especially on women, to comply with the movement's austere vision of Islam. Women have also been banned from travelling alone on long trips and can only visit public gardens and parks in the capital on days separate from men.
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