Protests have erupted in Afghanistan after the decision to expel women from universities.
In the capital, Kabul, around twenty women gathered on Thursday.
They chanted "all or none", "education is our right, universities must be open" and other slogans.
According to the AFP news agency, protesters have been arrested.
- The Taliban have turned our demonstration into violence.
The girls were beaten and whipped, says a protester in a video clip.
Protests were also held at Nangahar University in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
There, male medical students also showed solidarity by striking from an exam.
Armed guards barred women
After Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem asked authorities and private institutions to suspend university education for women "until further notice", students were met by armed guards on Wednesday.
Later, the minister explained on Afghan television that the decision is based on several alleged problems, including that women do not consider "appropriate Islamic dress," according to Reuters.
Condemned internationally
The ban has been met with strong condemnations, including from the US and German foreign ministers.
Antony Blinken tells AP that the Taliban have condemned Afghan women to "a dark future with no opportunities" and Annalena Baerbock writes on Twitter that the Taliban are destroying their own future by destroying the future of girls and women.