taliban seized control a month ago. they have been meeting in doha sidoha, the first since they took over. they want them to unfreeze funds beginning to afghanistan. that would stabilize the country which is in the global community s best interests. the doha meetings are a continuation of pragmatic costs. those are women s rights and the safe passage out of the country. through all of this, women in kabul are taking a stand as they re trying to roll back their rights. cnn s clarissa ward has the story. reporter: standing quietly but defiantly. they re here to protest the taliban s de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage.
there s heather on the hedges and kenny on the koi and your truck s been demolished by the peterson boy yes wait, what was that? timber. [ sighs heavily ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive helps protect what you ve built with affordable coverage. for women and girls in afghanistan, life isn t what it used to be now that the taliban is in control, and many fear that things will never be the same. but in a show of defiance, many are now protesting and returning to work, school, and the streets. reporter: a handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. they re here to protest the taliban s de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage.
focus on issues of interest to the u.s. and the humanitarian situation in afghanistan. meanwhile, women in kabul are taking a stand as the taliban attempts to roll back women s rights. cnn s clarissa ward has more on the courage those women are showing. reporter: a handful of women stand quietly, but defiantly. they re 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, their heavily armed presence 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. someone from the taliban has just come in, telling everyone
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.