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Another week, another dramatic reversal of women’s rights in Afghanistan: the Taliban’s new edict suspending university education for females is a major setback for millions of women there, and the Ministry of Education says the rule will take immediate effect.

“There is no life for women in Afghanistan anymore, since they’ve closed all the routes toward success for women. When the doors of schools and universities are closed for the women who are half the society, it means the process of human evolution and development is paralyzed.” （Kayanat Hasti, Afghan student barred from attending university, through interpreter）

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Students quickly showed their opposition to the new law—both men and women—including at Nangarhar University in the city of Jalalabad. According to Reuters, male medical students there even walked out of their final exams to support their female classmates.

When I traveled to Kabul this spring, the most senior Taliban government official told me that he would safeguard the rights of Afghan women, including the right to an education.

“There is no one who opposes education for women, and already, girls are allowed to go to school up to grade six. What I am saying to you is that very soon, you will hear very good news about this issue.”（Sirajuddin Haqqani, interior minister of Afghanistan, through interpreter）