Dozens of men on Tuesday took to the streets of the western Afghan city of Herat to protest the multiple arrests of women in recent days. The women were detained by the morality police for not properly adhering to the Taliban-ordered dress code, which requires them to fully cover themselves when in public. According to several protesters, security forces used sticks and whips to disperse them, and “even fired shots in the air”.
Afghan men held a rare rally Tuesday in the western city of Herat over new restrictions against women, with police denying witness accounts that protesters were dispersed with live fire.
