While one of the protesters was reportedly released the next day, women's rights protester Narges Sadat is thought to still be in detention.

University graduate Sofia grew up hearing "tales" of the Taliban, but says she now faces the "same fate" her mother faced.

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After the closure of girls’ secondary schools and then an attack on her education centre, a student says her hopes have been dashed by the Taliban’s recent university ban for women.

A student recalls the day the Taliban closed universities to women.

Pro-Taliban social media activists accused female NGO workers of espionage and spreading immorality.

Afghan Witness spoke to a university student, and a professor who resigned after the Taliban’s announcement.

The Taliban reacted by sending military vehicles to various larger cities to deter protests and, in some cases, used water cannons, gunfire into air and physical violence against protesters.

In November, ten activists were allegedly detained by the Taliban for their involvement in protests and women’s rights movements. Two have reportedly been released, though the whereabouts of the others remain uncertain. AW was able to speak with two other women’s rights activists, as well as friends and relatives of the detainees. The names of sources have been changed.

A doctor says that many of her new patients are schoolgirls who have lost hope.

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Local sources in Faryab told AW that women in the province had been banned from amusement parks, gyms, female public baths, and eating at local restaurants without a Mahram.