government, and that has presented a small window for afghan women to publicly demand their rights be protected. [ chants ] the women are demanding the right to work and to have a continued voice in the country's affairs, especially on education and health. but as you can see here, even this small demonstration was enough to provoke the taliban to try to break it up. meanwhile, anti-taliban forces in the rugged panjshir valley are battling an incursion by taliban fighters. the panjshir has long been controlled by the national resistance front and has never been under taliban control journalist ben farmer is in kabul where it's 1:30 in the afternoon. he joins us by phone. thanks for being with us. let's start with the protests we saw from those women there in kabul a day after a similar one in harot. tell us more about their pledge to the taliban and to the outside world. >> reporter: well, these are -- they're not huge protests, a few