Taliban Fighters Fire in Air to Disperse Women’s Protest.

Taliban fighters fired into the air Saturday to disperse a women's protest in Kabul, days ahead of the first anniversary of the hardline Islamists' return to power.

Rally participants chanted “we want work, bread, and freedom” as they marched toward the Education Ministry in the Afghan capital before Taliban forces responded violently to the rare anti-government rally.

“August 15 is a black day,” read a banner protesters carried as they demanded the right to work and political participation, chanting "Justice, justice.”

Witness accounts and social media documented many women at the rally not wearing face veils.

Some of the female protesters who took refuge in nearby shops were chased and beaten by security forces with their rifle butts, witnesses said.

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