Viral: Ads and posters showing women being whitewashed in Kabul
Team Udayavani, Aug 17, 2021, 10:23 AM IST
As the Taliban took control over Afghanistan, a picture has gone viral of a man covering up pictures of women painted on a wall in Kabul.
Many advertisements of women wearing wedding dresses appear to have been painted over in Kabul after Taliban fighters entered Afghanistan’s capital.
Kabul. pic.twitter.com/RyZcA7pktj
— Lotfullah Najafizada (@LNajafizada) August 15, 2021
Despite a Taliban spokesperson’s claim, the militant group “will respect rights of women”, but also said that they will have to wear the hijab in public, the incident occurred.
A Taliban spokesperson asserted, “We will respect the rights of women. Our policy is that women will have access to education and work, only if they wear the hijab.”
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Thinking about the generation of young Afghan women, who are watching the only country they ever knew morph into a place they have no place in. Heartbreaking. https://t.co/50SmGYxCda
— Katalin Cseh (@katka_cseh) August 16, 2021
Images of women being erased from the streets of Kabul, in anticipation of Taliban rule. https://t.co/INKQtLdPNR
— Dylan Welch (@dylanwelch) August 15, 2021
I’ve been spending a lot of time hugging my daughters today knowing what the future holds for millions of young Afghan girls. https://t.co/iWKMn8y6iT
— Jake Wood (@JakeWoodTR) August 15, 2021
Images of women in Kabul, already wiped away. https://t.co/ZncYnUTRGy
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) August 15, 2021
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1426970082639499268
https://twitter.com/KTmBoyle/status/1426953421408587780
It begins.
Women will be invisible again, silenced, and won't be able to breathe anymore. https://t.co/boliB0iE5X
— Nishank Motwani (@NishankMotwani) August 15, 2021
What a sad symbol this is. Preparing for the Taliban by painting away 20-years of women being a part of society. #OnTheWorldsWatch #Afghanistan https://t.co/WXi6VZ8ARw
— Atia Abawi (@AtiaAbawi) August 15, 2021
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