Bij de protesten zouden zeker drie mensen gewond zijn geraakt nadat de Taliban begonnen te schieten. Persbureau Reuters meldt dat ook iemand is omgekomen.

Eyewitnesses said armed police opened fire during the protest by more than 100 people in the city of Herat.

Afghanistan’s Taliban government used live fire to disperse a protest in the western city of Herat over new restrictions on women, eyewitnesses told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi.