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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 16 > In Kabul, women take to the streets to protest new law

In Kabul, women take to the streets to protest new law

Demonstration is extraordinary in country where inequality reigns

By Dexter Filkins / The Bulletin
April 16, 2009

KABUL — The young women stepped off the bus and moved toward the protest march just beginning on the other side of the street when they were spotted by a mob of men.

“Get out of here, you whores!” the men shouted. “Get out!”

The women scattered....

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