Afghan women protest world’s ‘silence’ over crisis

Women activists in Kabul yesterday held up signs that read "why is the world watching us die in silence?" protesting the international community's inaction on the crisis in Afghanistan. Around a dozen women risked the wrath of the Taliban holding banners affirming their "right to education" and "right to work", before the Islamists stopped the press from approaching the march. Symbolic demonstrations by women have become a regular occurrence in Kabul in recent weeks as the Taliban have still not allowed them to return to work or permitted most girls to go to school.