russian crews to travel to the i assess a board each nations spacecraft as they make their way down the crew access. are you watching the w news coming up next in the w news, asia girls education held hostage in afghanistan. young women refused to be silenced by the taliban. and the daily struggle of a 20 year old afghan, who says she feels under constant surveillance from the state. all that and more coming up next in d w. 's asia. it's my colleague ben position and i'm on your campus. makennan, thanks so much for watching data with the are you i might and the power of sticks and society a symbol of arbitrary rule tool in the struggle for justice taxes the right to levy taxes in the obligation to pay them both

impairment in the sovereignty of nation states and their citizens. but what happens when the power of taxation is undermined? ah, you won't pay taxation oh, ticks starts are 2 twin 1st on the w. ah, this is the w news. asia coming up today, held hostage girls education in afghanistan taking to the streets. young women stand off to the taliban, but risk violence. the dangers of just attending secondary school for girls or even higher as deadly attacks proved at uncertain future for women in afghanistan almost

all aspects of daily life and now more restrictive. we meet her 20 year old trying to survive on the taliban rule. and scrambling for earthquake survivors, a race against time that can be helped by technology and the insect world. we introduce you to the cycle cope roach. ah, i've been for sewland glad you could join us afghan women are refusing to be silent despite mounting repression and aggression from the ruling tele, bad. i've got to stand is the world's early country, where girls are forbidden from attending a secondary school or university solely because of their gender defying the ban has its consequences. a private education center in cobble was blown up last week. the when says over 50 people were killed,

more than double the taliban stole the victims were mainly girls and young women. the female demonstrators taking to the streets over the bombing. we're also attacked. dozens of young women standing up for their right to be better protected. and to have an education taliban officials wheeled sticks to break up the crowd. bengal fires heard, and the women scramble in panic. the protests were in response to a bomb attack on a private education center. in kabul, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the women's section of the gender, segregated hall, where students were preparing for university entrance exams. most of the victims were girls and young women who belong to the minority has ara community. 19 year old, why here was in the classroom when the attack happened,

2 of her friends and the teacher were killed. she managed to escape, she says she won't be intimidated. mortalities get that. the only thing we have is education. education is our weapon and they want to take this weapon from us. i am, i want to study law and management and diplomacy because i want to be an influential politician ability. that's it because like why yeah. oh melbourne in also had big ambitions. now have photos in her school books are all her family have left of her bless. you can get my daughter used to joke with me and say, and i will study until one day i become president or a lawyer and served the people about canister and let their phone, but she was martyred. are you done with his napkin? oh, my vanity was one of the young women killed in the attack. her family prey at her

grave. and her sister vows that she won't give up welcoming of really worried. it is hard for us. all the schools are closed for girls either that or by sure how that it is. you know, this is very painful, but we will continue with the lessons and we will never give up or stop. and i asked him, we didn't have any lennon co op or even brutal attacks like this one haven't crushed the resolve of young african women to keep up their fight for an education . so what is daily life like? for a woman in afghanistan, we found a former employee of the african postal service who also worked for a non profit group. but since the taliban came to power junior can no longer do either. she survived the terror attack 2 years ago, sustaining minor injuries and says it feels like she's under constant surveillance for the taliban. wherever she goes. we asked her to send us this video direct. my

name is denise and i am 20 years old in call again. before the top one come to power, i was spokesperson for the organization here. pines. this organization was dedicated for woman in support gave again, gas and real estate doors that just education economy technology sector in it center. they are not allowed by the top one government to continue higher education and they have bad again, was for going out for the year just whenever i go outside, i think we still have to go out in black, lose in with main suite

with the level of detail about number, all people has increased more than before and these 4 people are or is it. the educated woman's can also be found who bait. and in order to meet the i want to continue my u. d. n. carry out my media activities without any fear. i want to really and he's willing riley, the i can easily do my job without any kind of thing. i want to, all those domains are right and they are enjoying by either a cruise. they look was that as well as the me is head of our dorian postal service and has just published a book on african women fighting for freedom,

just how restrictive has life now become again for girls and women in afghanistan. i've been african women's and girls lives have been restricted to extreme extent. i'm going to refrain from counting all the restrictions that were put on them in the past year because it has come to a point that african women are confined to their homes and they do not have the right to leave the house without a male chaperone. there are exceptions for women who work in the education and health sector, but mostly women are to stay home. girls and most provinces are banned from receiving a secondary education and a life has become extremely restrictive for them. what happens then if they do step out of the house without that male chaperone you know, then this is not the 1st time african women underwent similar restrictions under the 1st taliban rule. when schooling was forbidden for all girls and women,

they have managed to set up underground schools to continue their education, carrying books under their forecasts and meeting and secrecy and private houses. we're seeing similar strategies now, which is of course dangerous because there's always the possibility of being caught . afghanistan, however, is not the same country. it was in the 90s. now girls and women also have access to virtual options as well. there are a number of internet courses teaching african girls the basics, plus a number of coding courses which are popular as well. i just want to stress that even though that these are very positive things, it is not a long term solution. african girls need to have access to public life and be full members of society. and that includes going to school and, and schooling and secrecy in feeling that you're constantly being observed or followed. you mustn't be the easiest of situations or at all

conducive to education. but what dangers do they face? are we talking about jail here? are we talking about even harsher restrictions to life? well, we haven't, we haven't heard a lot from the country. it has become extremely difficult to get reliable sources inside the country. and d, w has evacuated all the correspondence. so we do only rely on our networks. and, and i haven't heard a lot about the sanctions that the taliban have been doing for or punishing for girls for going to school or, or for studying and secrecy. but you know, been there hasn't been any positive development for women in the past year. we can assume what they might do if they would find out. and it also depends on the province because the taliban themselves are also very divided on this topic, women,

education and girls education. so if you go to one province, maybe in bucklin, missouri, if you will find girls even going to school after 6th grade. but then if you go to another province, a horse or helmand, women are completely restricted and they do, girls cannot go to school. so what sort of a future does afghanistan face by banning higher education for basically half its population and highly restricting their daily lives? well, there hasn't been any positive development for women in the past year at all. instead they have lost all of their rights. and as i said, they're confined to their homes. this is why it's so important to support them in their struggle for freedom. and in fact, they are called for self determination and freedom as the same cause women in iran and east quarters are fighting for it's. it's basically the same fight was like a z me. thank you very much for being on the show today.

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survivors sworn once their works over the backpack can be removed, and these bugs can get back to normal life in the to rary him until their next rescue mission. that's it for now. be sure to check out our other stories on t w dot com slash asia, or on facebook and twitter. i'm ben fizzle, and i'll see you again. he has same time, same place, to mart, abide in iconic monument that also holds a world record to this very day. who cathedral? the tallest church in the world? we climb the steeple,

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