this person tells us he is the head of the taliban s intelligence services in kabul and that the women did not have permission to protest. why does a small group of women asking for their right to be educated threaten you so much? translator: i respect women s rights. i respect human rights, he says. if i didn t respect women, you wouldn t be standing here. reporter: would you have given them permission if they had asked for one? translator: yes, of course, we would have. reporter: but permissions are elusive, and previous protests have met a similar fate. on the streets in this neighborhood, the consequences of one recent demonstration can still be seen. at almost every beauty salon, images of women s faces have been defaced as if to erase them from public life completely. the women inside this salon are too scared to appear on camera. hi.
we re told he is the head of the taliban s intelligence services in kabul and that the women did not have permission to protest. why does a small group of women asking for their right to be educated threaten you so much? translator: i respect women s rights. i respect human rights, he says. if i didn t respect women, they wouldn t be standing here. reporter: would you have given them permission if they had asked for it? translator: yes, of course, he says, we would have. but permissions are elusive and previous protests have met a similar fate. on the streets in the neighborhood, the consequences of one recent demonstration can still be seen. at almost every beauty salon images of women s faces have been defaced. the women inside this salon are too scared to appear on camera.
to put away their cameras. it s getting a little tense over there. he rips a phone out of one woman s hands, his men shoved journalists back. we tried to keep filming, but the taliban don t want the world to see. they re ripping the women s posters. put it away, put it away. a machine gun burst sends a clear message. the protest is over. he tells us he is the head of the taliban s intelligence services in kabul, and that the women did not have permission to protest. why does a small group of women asking for their right to be educated threaten you so much? i respect women s rights, i respect human rights, he says. if i didn t respect women, you won t be standing here. would you have given them permission if they had asked for
see. they re ripping the women s posters. put it away. put it away. a machine gun burst sends a clear message. the protest is over. one man tells us he is the head of the taliban s intelligence services in kabul, and that the women did not have permission to protest. why does a small group of women asking for their right to be educated threaten you so much? translator: i respect women s rights. if i didn t respect women, you wouldn t be standing here, he says. would you have given permission if they asked? of course, he says. previous protests have met a similar fate. on the streets, the consequences of one recent demonstration can still be seen.
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