a handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. they re here to protest the taliban s de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage. taliban fighters start to pour in. their heavily armed presence a menacing question mark. a new arrival appears unsure of whether to get out of the car. for a moment, it seems the taliban may have come to protect the women, but the illusion is quickly shattered. someone from the tallahiban has come in, telling everyone to put away their cameras. it is getting a little tense over there. the senior talib rips a phone out of one woman s hands. the men shove journalists back. we try to keep filming, but the taliban don t want the world to
against the harsh new measures, the taliban is responding with force. cnn spoke to women and girls returning to work and school in defiance of the taliban about their life under the new rule and their hopes for the future. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward reports from kabul. reporter: a handful of women stand quietly but defiantly. they re here to protest the taliban s de facto ban on girls going to school after fifth grade. a small act of great courage. taliban fighters start to pour in. their heavily armed presence, a menacing question mark. a new arrival appears unsure of whether to get out of the car. for a moment, it seems the taliban may have come to protect the women. but the illusion is quickly shattered. someone from the taliban has just come in, telling everyone