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Taliban halt blood drive to mark Women's Day, Afghan activists say
THE TALIBAN halted a blood donation drive by campaigners to mark International Women’s Day today, activists said.
Speaking outside a Kabul hospital with seven other activists, Monesa Mubarez, the head of a women’s rights group, said the movement had intended to stage a protest.
Because of the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on rights protesters, they had decided to donate blood instead.
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