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<title><![CDATA[Herat Erupts in Protest as Taliban Open Fire on Demonstrators Demanding Freedom]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[RAWAnews: RAWANews: HERAT, Afghanistan &#8212; June 9, 2026: The western Afghan city of Herat witnessed one of the most significant anti-Taliban protests in recent months on Tuesday, June 9, after residents took to the streets in outrage over the detention of women and girls by the Taliban&#8217;s so-called Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The demonstrations began in Jebrail Township, a densely populated area of Herat, where hundreds of residents gathered to condemn the recent arrests of women and demand basic rights and freedoms. Protesters repeatedly chanted the slogans &#8220;Education, Work, Freedom&#8221; and &#8220;Bread, Work, Freedom&#8221;, calling for an end to the Taliban&#8217;s escalating repression and the immediate release of detainees.]]></description>
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