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September 7, 2021

Taliban Defeat Last Pocket of Resistance, Step Up Attacks on Afghan Women
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In Afghanistan, the Taliban has claimed control over Panjshir Valley,
the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces. A spokesperson said the Taliban
was in the final stages of forming a new government, with an
announcement expected shortly. He denied reports of infighting and a
power struggle within the Taliban's ranks.

Meanwhile, attacks on Afghan women are continuing to escalate. Witnesses
in the central Ghor province said Taliban militants beat a female police
officer in front of her family Saturday before fatally shooting her. In
Kabul, protesters and journalists were assaulted Saturday at a rally
demanding equal rights. Protesters said Taliban soldiers blocked them
from marching on to the presidential palace.

Soraya: "Together with a group of our colleagues, we wanted to go near a
former government office for a protest. But before we got there, the
Taliban hit women with electric Tasers, and they used tear gas against
women. They also hit women on the head with a gun magazine, and the
women became bloody. There was no one to ask why."



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