During the Taliban takeover, hundreds of people rallied in Vancouver to support the Afghans

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery to support the local people Afghanistan And urged the Canadian government to do more for those who remained after the Taliban seized power.

The Vancouver event was held concurrently with similar gatherings across the country, including Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto and Montreal.

The demonstrators said they hope the international community will increase pressure on the Taliban to uphold their human rights and step up efforts to get people to leave the country safely.

“All lives in Afghanistan are now in danger,” organizer Ahmed Wali Yassin told Global News.

2:17A British Columbian woman’s fear of women and girls remaining in Afghanistan under the Taliban

Since the fall of the Afghan government and the consolidation of power by the Taliban, Afghans in British Columbia have been sharing their fear of bloody revenge.

Many people stated that they did not believe that the Taliban had changed or would keep their promises and would not retaliate against those who cooperated with the League of Nations during the war.

The fate of women and girls was severely restricted during the last Taliban government and forced to marry when they were young. Their fate is particularly worrying.

5:34An uncertain future for Afghan women and girls

Zarifa Joya, an Afghan-Canadian, said that most of her relatives stayed in Afghanistan, and she told Global News that she was worried.

“It’s been 20 days and we can’t eat or sleep. My food doesn’t taste. When my child came home, he was crying and I was crying,” she said.

Another participant in the rally requested anonymity for fear of putting his family in Afghanistan at risk, and he shared similar information.

“If the Taliban find out that some of my family members are translators for the US military, they will definitely come to my other brothers and other family members, and they won’t let them live,” he said.

Canada officially ended its withdrawal from Afghanistan on Thursday.

Canada promised to receive the 20,000 Afghans at risk who had helped Canada during its military intervention, but officials stated that only 3,700 people were shipped out before the airlift ceased.