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Afghanistan: Taliban fire in air after protesters, including women, join anti-Pakistan rally in Kabul
- Video showed scores of people scurrying to escape volleys of gunfire after protests in Kabul
- Hundreds of men and women shouted slogans such as ‘Long live the resistance’, and ‘Death to Pakistan’
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Taliban gunmen fired in the air on Tuesday to scatter protesters in the Afghan capital of Kabul, witnesses said, as video showed scores of people scurrying to escape volleys of gunfire, although there were no immediate reports of injuries.
Hundreds of men and women shouting slogans such as “Long live the resistance,” and “Death to Pakistan” marched in the streets to protest against the Taliban and what they called interference in Afghanistan’s affairs by neighbouring Pakistan.
“The Islamic government is shooting at our poor people,” one panic-stricken woman on the street says over sounds of gunfire in a video clip shown on Iranian television news. There were no immediate reports of injuries, however.
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The Taliban’s rapid advance across Afghanistan as US forces pulled out last month triggered a scramble to leave by people fearing reprisals.
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Taliban fires warning shots at anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul to disperse crowds
Taliban fires warning shots at anti-Pakistan protest in Kabul to disperse crowds
United States-led foreign forces evacuated about 124,000 foreigners and at-risk Afghans, but tens of thousands were left behind. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US was in contact with about 100 Americans who were still in Afghanistan.
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