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South Asia Correspondent Avani Dias and Som Patidar

These Afghan women are risking their lives to protest against the Taliban's university ban

When the Taliban announced that women could no longer go to university, Basira responded the way she has every time another right gets stripped away from her: she started protesting on the streets of Kabul.

A small group of young women marched with Basira while chanting: "We will beat the oppression, we will prevail."

Most have their faces covered in keeping with Taliban rules, so they can't be identified, while others are just wearing a headscarf — defiant and ready for their voices to be heard.

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