New Delhi: Several people assembled at Mandi house in Delhi area on Monday evening to express their solidarity with the Afghan community. The gathered people at Mandi house are students and women carried placards demanding support for the Afghan women and children and raised slogans.

With placards of Protect Afghan Women, they sought to raise their voices for the women who are on the brink of losing their hard-earned rights. Speaking to the media persons one of the protestor said, I am here to raise my voice for the Afghan women who are in need. Their voices have been taken away by the Taliban. Whatever promises are made by the Taliban are all false. They are not allowed to work, not allowed to step out of the house without a man escorting them they are kept as sex slaves, married forcibly. The children and women are the most vulnerable.

Speaking about the atrocities unleashed on her country by the militia, she said, 60% of our people have been working with the US because they have been in Afghanistan for a long time. The Taliban find out about the men and kill them. They then marry the women off or keep them for themselves and kill the children.

Many countries, including India, have opened their borders for Afghans desperate to escape another Taliban rule. India has announced a new category of electronic visas – e-Emergency X-Misc Visa – to fast-track applications from Afghans who wish to leave the Taliban-controlled country. Thousands of people, desperate to flee the land-locked nation, have been thronging the Kabul Airport since August 15 after the Taliban seized the capital city.