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Entire bodies, banning them from the workplace and prohibiting most education for girls. driving many schools like this one underground. the taliban's longtime spokesman says women's rights will be protected within islamic sharia law. >> no discrimination against women. of course, within the framework of the islamic rule. >> reporter: already signs things have not changed that much. just days ago, field commanders told women they had to be covered up, and a spokesman instructed women to stay home temporarily, because their soldier are "not trained to respect them." and yet despite the impendin...

Escape. entire lives, dreams shattered. their fears are not unfounded. under taliban rule, in the '90s and early 2000s, the group denied women basic rights. forcing them to cover their entire bodies. banning them from the workplace. and prohibiting most education for girls. driving many schools, like this one, underground. the taliban's longtime spokesman says women's rights will be protected within islamic sharia law. >> there will be no violence against women, no discrimination against women. of course, based within the framework of the islamic law. >> reporter: but already, signs that thing...

Protected within islamic sharia law. >> there will be no violence against woman, no discrimination against womans. of course, based within the framework of the islamic law. >> reporter: but already, signs that things have not changed that much. just days ago, field commanders told women they had to be covered up. and their spokesman instructed women to stay home, temporarily, because their soldiers are, quote, not trained to respect them. and yet, despite the impending nightmare scenario, some women activists are choosing to risk it all and stay in afghanistan, for now, to continue their work....

Them. many are decorately -- desperately trying to escape. entire lives and dreams shattered. their fears are not unfounded. under taliban rule in the '90s and early 2000s, witthe group denied women basic rights. banning them from the workplace, and prohibiting most education for girls. driving many schools like this one underground. the taliban's long time spokesman said women's rights will be protected within islamic sharia law. >> and violence against women -- within the framework of the islamic law. >> reporter: but already signs of things have not changed that much. just days ago, field c...

>> i can't answer that. but what i can tell you is that anybody that believes that the taliban are a monolithic block, they aren't. individual field commanders make their own choices so this could have been a couple of taliban taking orders from a different group than say the negotiators who we've worked with in doha or the head of the haqqani network. >> either way. they failed. lieutenant colonel, you've been trying to get colleagues and friends of those with sivs, special immigrant visas out of afghanistan. these are afghans and i've been doing my best as well as many are who served with th...