Around 20 women gathered in front of Kabul university<br> <br>Taliban forces on Sunday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan’s capital demanding rights to work and education, three demonstrators told AFP.<br> <br>Since seizing control of the country by force in August, Лучшие мультики 2023 смотреть онлайн HDRezka – tv.hdrezka.lu the Taliban authorities have imposed creeping restrictions on Afghans, especially on women.<br> <br>Around 20 women gathered in front of Kabul University, chanting « equality and justice » and carried banners that read « Women’s rights, human rights », an AFP correspondent reported.<br> <br>The protest however was later dispersed by the Taliban fighters who arrived at the scene in several vehicles, three women protesters told AFP.<br> <br> »When we were near Kabul University three Taliban vehicles came, and fighters from one of the vehicles used pepper spray on us, » said a protester, who asked not to be named for security reasons.<br> <br> »My right eye started to burn. I told one of them ‘shame on you’, and then he pointed his gun at me. »<br> <br>Two other protesters said that one of the women had to be taken to hospital after the spray caused an allergic reaction to her eyes and face.<br> <br>An AFP correspondent saw a fighter confiscate a mobile phone of a man who was filming the demonstration.<br> <br>The hardline Islamist group have banned unsanctioned protests and frequently intervened to forcefully break up rallies demanding rights for women.<br> <br>The Taliban authorities have blocked women public sector employees from returning to work, many secondary schools have still not reopened for girls, and public universities are shut.<br> <br>Long distance trips for women who are not accompanied by a close male relative have been banned.<br> <br>The authorities have also issued guidelines that prevent television channels from broadcasting serials featuring women actors.<br> <br>Meanwhile, many women are living in hiding, fearful of a regime notorious for human rights abuses during their first stint in power between 1996-2001, before being ousted by a US-led invasion.<br>