they fear a backlash. and he actually said, you know, our government might fall. so those are the considerations for the taliban s end. publicly, however, they have said that they are committed to women s rights, that they are not against women going to school or to work. at the moment, though, we ve had universities opened in six provinces, female students being allowed there, but secondary schools in most of afghanistan, girls aren t allowed to go to school and women are still not being allowed to go to work except for in the public health and security sector. speaking to the bbc, nobel prize laureate and women s education activist malala yousoufzai insisted that citing religion and culture are no more an excuse for restricting girls and women from education. thanks for the activism of women in afghanistan who are protesting on the streets that there has been pressure build up