Polls for Snap Elections. A tight race with Justin Trudeau hoping his handling of the pandemic will keep him in power. Although the taliban are showing increasing signs of repressive government, some women are not backing down. A group of brave activists protesting outside what used to be the ministry on sunday. The taliban closed it and replaced it with their feared ministry for promotion of Virtue And Prevention of vice. The protests come after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend Secondary School. Translator you cannot suppress The Voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them as well as by not allowing them to go to school. You cannot suppress The Voice of afghanistans women. Now, a private preschool opened on Sunday In Kabul with both Boys And Girls attending. Thats a rare sight. The taliban insist that public Secondary School for girls will be allowed, but they say they have to set up what they call safe transportation first. Well, for th
Live from cnn center, this is Cnn Newsroom with Robyn Curnow. Thanks for joining me this hour. So, we know that afghan women are defiant, despite growing signs that the taliban government is sidelining them. A group of activists protested outside what used to be the Womens Ministry on sunday of the the taliban closed that ministry, and replaced it with their ministry which is called the ministry for promotion of Virtue And Prevention of vice. The protests came after concerns were raised about girls being allowed to attend secondary school. Translator you cannot suppress The Voice of afghan women by keeping girls at home and restricting them, as well as by not allowing them to go to school. You cannot suppress The Voice of afghanistans women. Well, the taliban have claimed they will not rule as they did during the 90s but they have done little else to calm fears that women will be denied basic freedoms or be shut out of jobs and schools. On sunday, Afghanistans Ministry of education ord
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Live from cnn center, this cnn newsroom. With robyn curnow. Thank you so much for joining me this hour. Great to have you along. And we actually begin the show in afghanistan and a chilly warning that came from the cia, and it came too late to stop a u. S. Air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. According to three sources, the Intelligence Agency warned there were likely civilians in the area and possibly children just seconds before the missile found its target. The military hit the toyota following a Suicide Bombing that killed 13 u. S. Troops and scores of afghans racing to evacuate at the kabul airport. But the pentagon now admits No One in the car was linked to isisk, calling the Air Strike a mistake. Seven of those killed in the attack were children. Nic robertson has been speaking some of the relatives who lost siblings, Sons And Daughters in the strike. He has a look at their heartache from kabul. A lot of children. Reporter this is the blood of the children up
You, as well. Here we go. Im ayman mohyeldin. All right. So tonight, we begin with that assault on american democracy. Its both a physical assault but its also a legislative one thats playing out behind the scenes. Today, around 400 protestors rallied in washington, d. C. In support of the January 6th insurrectionists who engaged in that physical assault on the capitol. Now, it was less than the 700 or so expected by the department of homeland security. But the danger is not the protest, itself. Its the attempt to rewrite history, and what actually happened on that day and every day since. Lets remember exactly what that assault was about back on January 6th. Supporters of Formerpresident Donald Trump ransacked the capitol, and they did it with one clear objective. They wanted to stop congress certifying the election of joe biden. And they actually succeeded, if only for a few hours as, of course, everyone remembers. Congress had to be rushed to safety until security could be restored.