These photos are caught from a video film that has been filmed by RAWA on August 26, 2001 in Kabul using a hidden camera. It shows two Taliban from department of Amro bil mahroof (Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Taliban religious police) beating a woman in public because she has dared to remove her burqa in public.

RAWA photos

Taliban beating women in public


Taliban beating women in public


Victims on the streets of the city


Taliban beating women in public


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