In Afghanistan, Taliban fighters launched rockets at the capital of Kabul Tuesday in the biggest attack of its kind in recent years. Some of the reported nine rockets landed near Western embassies. Meanwhile, hundreds of Afghan women held a rally for women’s rights ahead of national elections later this month. Afghan activist Asila Jamal called for the repeal of several laws that undermine women’s rights.

Asila Jamal: “On behalf of five million women voters, we call on the presidential candidates to recognize the rights of women, politically and socially, in the society, and also to give the opportunity for women to enjoy the implementation of justice and to reform some harmful laws, special family laws that are continuously harming the lives of women.”