Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai wants everyone to support women fighting for their freedom in Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power in the country in August 2021.

“We must stand against the Taliban’s oppression — and against any government or leader who refuses to step up and lift their eyes or open their mouths while women and girls fight alone,” she said in a Twitter thread.

She had joined the Action for Afghanistan in London to march for Afghan women and girls — and to call on the UK and other powerful countries to do more to help them.

Malala, who herself is a survivor of the Taliban attack, has been an untiring advocate of girls freedom.

The event had come weeks after MPs appealed to the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, for a renewed focus on women and girls at risk after Britain’s 20-year campaign in the country.

Organisers of the march demanded the UK government support a global summit for Afghan women and girls, the fundamental human rights of afghan women and girls must centre any UK negotiation with the Taliban, and establish an asylum and resettlement route for Afghan women at risk.

“Demand the release of women activists in Afghanistan and welcome at-risk Afghanistan women by establishing asylum and resettlement routes,” the 25-year-old was quoted as saying in the UK’s National News.