Five women have been arrested by the Taliban for taking part in a protest in Kabul, against the ban on women attending universities.
Three journalists were also arrested.
IBrandTV reported that women were turned away from entering universities on Wednesday after the ban was placed on Tuesday.
Girls have already been excluded from most secondary schools and this one is the latest for university students.
Videos shared on social media on Thursday showed about two dozen Afghan women dressed in hijabs marching through the streets of Kabul, raising banners and shouting slogans.
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The group had originally planned to protest in front of Kabul University but then changed location after several security personnel were deployed there.
The BBC reported that several women claim they were either beaten or arrested by Taliban female officers.
One of the protesters told the BBC she was “beaten badly”, but just managed to evade being taken into custody.
“There were too many Taliban female members among us,” the woman said under the condition of anonymity.
“They beat some of our girls and arrested some others. They were about to take me too, but I managed to escape. But I was beaten badly.”
Two people have reportedly been released from custody but many others are still in custody.
