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A small group of Afghan men wearing sky-blue burqas marched through the capital Kabul on Thursday to draw attention to women’s rights in the country. With muddy trainers just visible beneath the burqas, an item of clothing that became synonymous with oppressive Taliban rule in the 1990s, the march drew some attention from onlookers.

The group of roughly 20 men walked through the capital to draw attention to the rights of women ahead of international Women’s Day on 8 March. The idea was to draw attention to women’s rights by wearing the clothing that has, for many people, come to symbolise the suppression of women.