to couch their language. they don t issue actual bans. they say, oh, this is a temporary thing until we create the proper islamic environment. and so the response we re seeing from women, particularly brave women here in the city of kabul, is essentially these extraordinary small acts of resistance and courage as they desperately try to hold on to their space in civic life. a handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. they are here to protest the taliban s de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage. taliban fighters start to pour in. they are heavily armed. a menacing question mark. a new arrival appears unsure of whether to get out of the car. for a moment it seems the taliban may have come to protect the women. but the illusion is quickly shattered.
end of the day the taliban don t know how to deal with women. they don t know how to interact with women and they certainly don t know how to negotiate with women. they are savvy enough, anderson, to understand that in 2021 it is a very bad look to be a country that says women cannot be educated. and so they go out of their way to couch their language. they don t issue actual bans. they say, oh, this is a temporary thing until we create the proper islamic environment. and so the response we re seeing from women, particularly brave women here in the city of kabul, is essentially these extraordinary small acts of resistance and courage as they desperately try to hold on to their space in civic life. a handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. they are here to protest the taliban s de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage.
year engagement by us led nato forces formally and. and this is what you are hearing now. the eruption of soul look like celebratory gunfire by taliban supporters in the city of kabul. help? supporters in the city of kabul. new watch viewers supporters in the city of kabul. new watch viewers have been paying tribute to the work of bbc staff making report such as those with up with brian price awarding top marks to circle and took her money for his broadcast to afghanistan. and in the view of andrew south.
all day we had heard the american war planes circling above the city, flying low, as we thought the last american fights were taking off, providing extra cover in these last decisive hours. but it s now the 315t august in afghanistan, the day that presidentjoe biden said the american military mission, the 20 year engagement by us led nato forces would formally end and this is what you are hearing now the eruption of of celebratory gunfire by taliban supporters in the city of kabul. our afghanistan correspondent secunder kermani is in kabul. secunder, what is the atmosphere like this morning? well that gun fire lasted until the early hours of morning. today, well,
in the city of kabul. meanwhile in the last 2a hours five rockets were the fifth was neutralised by an american antimissile system. the pentagon says it also targeted an isis vehicle that was heading towards kabul airport. vehicle that was heading towards kabulairport. reports vehicle that was heading towards kabul airport. reports suggest the drone strike also killed tens civilians, including several small children. the dead were all from a single extended family and were getting out of a car in their driveway when the strike hit the nearby isis vehicles. secunda commodity has this report from kabul. fla mes fla m es lea pt flames lea pt from flames leapt from a car after militants from islamic state group music to launch rockets a kabul airport.