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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

'Hugs, Screams and Cries': Afghan Women Anguished at University Ban

Women students walk home after being turned away from their university gates in Kabul. Wakil KOHSAR / AFP

Women university students across Afghanistan were in disbelief on Wednesday, barred by the Taliban from studying and condemned to a life of feeling "like caged birds".

In Kabul, home to the country's largest universities, students gathered outside campuses dressed in the black cloaks and tight headscarves imposed by the Taliban since they took control last year, AFP said.

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