This week, Afghanistan's tailban government announced that women would be banned from studying at the country's universities with immediate effect.

It provoked strong reactions, not least in Afghanistan where protests have been held in several cities, and where there have been reports that protesters have been met with violence and that several have been arrested.

The decision is the latest in a series of restrictions on women's rights since the Taliban came to power last year and has been motivated by the fact that female students have not followed the dress code that applies to cover, for example, the face and hair.

But according to Klas Bjurström, strategic advisor at the aid organization Swedish Afghanistan Committee (SAK), this is only an afterthought.

- Because in Afghanistan you usually adapt and do what you can to study.

They ensure that there are separate classrooms for men and women, and female teachers.

To my ears, this sounds very much like a dodge.

He believes that secular education is not something that is prioritized by the Taliban, who are religiously schooled and prioritize that type of education - and then only for men.

In the clip above, Klas Bjurström talks about the strong condemnations that have come - mainly from within the Muslim world.