Talk:2021–2022 Afghan protests

Pro-Taliban counterprotesters

There are tweets from a pro-Taliban Twitter account claiming that there are women in Afghanistan protesting in favour of the Taliban government.

• https://twitter.com/TalibanSoldiers/status/1435530311555715076
• https://twitter.com/TalibanSoldiers/status/1435531057697198082

Are there any reliable sources that can truly corroborate those claims? - Hu753 (talk) 11:50, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

@Hu753: I think this is the best source yet: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210911-veiled-protest-afghan-women-rally-in-support-of-the-taliban Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:10, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

@Thepharoah17: Thank you for the source. I shall add the missing title to the citation. - Hu753 (talk) 22:36, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Can't verify claim

This Times of India article claims "over a thousand protesters gathered in two separate protests at Dundas Square Downtown Toronto" (added by an IP). Yet I'm having trouble verifying these claims from local media sources (Toronto, the largest city in Canada, has no shortage of local media). The closest is this CBC News article saying "Dozens attended a protest on Sunday Aug. 1 at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto". "Dozens" is very different than "over a thousand". In fact, if we see the video footage in the TOI article, it does not look anywhere near 1000 people.VR _talk 21:50, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

Part of Panjshir conflict?

I think this is quite not right, because Panjshir conflict is a conflict that only occurs in Panjshir Valley and Afghan protest is national-wide protest in Afghanistan. Although sources that users give seem to make us believe that this protest is part of the conflict at Panjshir, if you read those articles, it is said that the leaders of National Resistance Front of Afghanistan made a supportive voice according to Reuters, which users used as references. But this doesn't mean that these protests is intertwined or related to the battles on Panjshir Valley. Moreover, according to the AP News, which is also used as references here, I found that those articles describe just a collection of events happening in Afghanistan. If, we want to say this protests is part of Panjshir conflict, then we should give much specific references which describes cause-and-effect relationship between two events. Wendylove (talk) 00:28, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

You’re right. I removed it accordingly. Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:51, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Ongoing?

The information in this article suggests the last protests occurred in September. It’s now late October. Unless there’s been any new protests I think the "ongoing" status should be changed. — LissanX (talk) 01:02, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

I went bold and declared them over. Thepharoah17 (talk) 02:19, 26 October 2021 (UTC)

Protests Ongoing

https://twitter.com/TOLOnews/status/1471361257638965255

https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-175453

Status is suggested to be changed to ongoing with the oncoming protests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PanjshirLions (talk • contribs) 00:02, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

"multiculturalism"

Is this really the goal of the protests or of some outsiders trying to implement their own wishes upon these protesters? I doubt that most people in Afghanistan even know what "multiculturalism" is and if they would basically no one would protest in its favor. 80.131.57.236 (talk) 03:47, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Afghanistan is home to dozens of ethnic groups and many different forms of Islam, all of which can be regarded as having unique cultural elements. In general, many Afghans associate the Taliban with domination by one ethnic group - Pashtuns - and one form of hardline Islamism (note: the Taliban also oppress other forms of hardline Islamism which differ from their own), with Taliban trying to impose both their views on all Afghans; the protestors' demand for "multiculturalism" has to be understood in that ssense, i.e. as a push against Talibanisation. Applodion (talk) 09:57, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Forced disappearances in Afghanistan

This latest BBC world news Afghanistan: Female activist latest to be held by Taliban after protests indicates that new Afghan regime seems likely to have been engaging in practice of Forced disappearances in similar fashion of Forced disappearances in Pakistan. If that is the case I would suggest a separate article for Forced disappearances in Afghanistan.

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias = expanding information & knowledge' (talk) 10:39, 3 February 2022 (UTC)