‘Open the schools’: Afghan girls protest in Kabul for right to education

Two dozen girls and women react to Taliban's decision to shut secondary schools to girls across Afghanistan

Women and girls staged a protest near the Taliban's ministry of education in Kabul on Saturday, calling on the group to reopen girls' secondary schools in Afghanistan.

The protesters chanted: Education is our right - open the doors of girls' schools!" as armed Taliban members looked on. They held banners that said: Education is our fundamental right, not a political plan" as they marched for a short distance. They dispersed when Taliban fighters arrived at the scene later.