Brave Afghans have protested against the Taliban for the second day in a row – despite violent attacks from the militant group.

Protesters chanted ‘long live Afghanistan’ as they defiantly carried a 200-metre national flag in Kabul today.

Many women have been seen protesting on the streets of the capital this week, despite heartbreaking reports of Taliban fighters shooting a woman dead for not wearing a burqa in public.

Filmmaker Jordan Bryon said this morning: ‘Afghans never give up! The Taliban fired on protesters this morning, beat some up and sent the women home.

‘Despite this, the men have a 200m flag which they’re marching through the streets shouting “long live Afghanistan!”‘

Footage from the scene in Kabul shows the long flag resting on several cars which transport it slowly down the street as people walk and cycle next to it.

Scattered protests have taken place in different parts of the country since Tuesday morning.

Reports from the ground say some men and women continued to demonstrate even when Taliban members ‘screamed back at protestors’ and ‘waved their guns at them’.

One onlooker named the scenes on Thursday ‘absolutely f*****g incredible’.

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Independence day protest in #kabul. Women and girls, men and boys screaming LONG LIVE #Afghanistan OUR NATIONAL FLAG IS OUR IDENTITY! They marched past #Taliban with some Talibs screaming back at protestors, waving their guns at them but finally the protestors passed. pic.twitter.com/yutJcmstAP

Elsewhere, in the Khost province, the Taliban is said to have issued a 24-hour curfew after soldiers violently broke up a protest there. Protesters also took to the streets in the Kunar province.

It comes after a number of protesters died on Wednesday as the Taliban shot into crowds after a Taliban flag was replaced with an Afghan one.

One protester told CNN that they will protest again ‘to prevent the Taliban from desecrating the Afghan flag’. 

The Taliban asked preachers to urge congregants to remain in the country and counter ‘negative propaganda’ against them on Thursday.

They have asked people to return to work, although many government officials remain in hiding or are attempting to flee.

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