Veiled protest: 300 Afghan women rally in support of the Taliban

About 300 Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre on Saturday and pledged their support for the Taliban.

Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban's hardline policies on gender segregation. Pro-Taliban women gathering in Kabul. pic.twitter.com/G9GYNpzjNl About 300 women -- covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education -- waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for the Islamists' policies.