No centralized leadership Protests in Afghanistan held by Islamic democrats and feminists against the treatment of women by the Taliban began on 17 August 2021, following the fall of Kabul.

Supported by the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, the protesters also demanded decentralization, multiculturalism, social justice,[4] labor, education, and food.

On 2 August, large numbers of people in the western city of Herat took to their rooftops, using God is the greatest as a rallying cry.

The next day, similar protests spread elsewhere; Kabul residents used the same rallying cry while gathering together in the streets waving the Afghan tricolour.

[18] However, the priority of the US is still geared towards securing the perimeter of the airport, as well as raising the number of evacuees out of the capital Kabul, Pentagon officials disclosed.

Another women's protest held in Kabul on the same day appeared to have been blocked by Taliban forces, according to a video circulating on online social media.

The Taliban terminated the march by entering the crowd, firing weapons in the air and using tear gas against the protesters.

Taliban security forces broke up the protest by firing into the air and detained Wahid Ahmadi, a TOLOnews cameraman.

Foreign policy expert Fabien Baussart argued that Afghan women's protests were weakening in the face of increasing Taliban suppression.

[32] On 26 December, hundreds of civilians from Anaba district, Panjshir went out to protest in response to the killing of Mohammad Agha by Taliban-affiliated militants.

In response to the killing, hundreds of civilians marched to the governor's office, chanting anti-Taliban slogans like "death to the Taliban" and "long live Ahmad Massoud".

[33][34][35][36] On 28 December, female activists organized a protest in Kabul with banners demanding respect for women's rights, work, education, and food.

This was in reaction to the Taliban government further restricting the rights of Afghan citizens, forbidding women from travelling alone for more than 72 kilometers from their homes and banning music in taxis.

Residents of Maymana denounced the arrest of Uzbek Taliban commander Makhdoom Alam by the security forces,[37] while women protested in Kabul against the restriction of their freedoms.

[38] After another protest march in Kabul on 16 January,[6] Taliban abducted two women activists, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parwana Ibrahimkhel.

[42][43][44] Despite promises of moderation, Taliban forces were reported to have assaulted journalists who were covering the August protests in Jalalabad and Kabul.

[46] In Canada, several Canadians took to the streets to express their support for evacuees that were left in Afghanistan, following the federal government's decision to end its evacuation mission.