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

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

17 Jun 2026 6:42 am