A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22. The country's Taliban rulers earlier this week ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until further notice. They have banned girls from middle school and high school, barred women from most fields of employment and ordered them to wear head-to-toe clothing in public. Women are also banned from parks and gyms.
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Afghan teacher Amanah Nashenas, 45, collects books in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Afghan schoolgirls pose for a photo in a classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Amanah Nashenas, 45-year-old an Afghan teacher, cries during an interview with Associated Press about the state of education, in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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A classroom that previously was used for girls sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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Halimah, 13-year-old schoolgirl, poses for a photo in an empty classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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The benches of a school sits empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.
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An Afghan schoolgirl poses for a photo in an empty classroom in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 22.