This is The Guardian.
Today, the students banned from studying in Britain.
I'm Shahira Sadat, a software engineer from Afghanistan.
I am 26 years old and I am from Tahar province.
Ever since she was a teenager, Shahira was obsessed with tech.
Technology is barrier-breaking, so that's why I choose to get my degree in software engineering and computer science.
She was in her final year of a degree in software engineering at Kabul University when the Taliban took over.
That was in the summer of 2021.
It was my last year at university.
And the day that Taliban took control of Afghanistan, I was at university's hostel.
And it was really.
A moment that I ca n't forget, the moment that I felt that we lost everything,
that we wo n't be able to continue education or to finish and complete our degree.
At that moment, I was crying, seeing each of my roommates, and I knew that I won't be able to see them again.
So the moment I left the university, I was really hopeless.
Against the odds, Shahira managed to complete her undergraduate degree and hoped to begin a master's.
But with the Taliban in charge, there was no chance.
So it's very difficult in Afghanistan for Afghan women to study.
They cannot continue their education after the sixth grade of school.
And universities are closed towards us, so it's very challenging.