"For now, we don't have any other option except to wait," says an Afghan women's rights activist as the Taliban said more time is needed before allowing women back to work with segregation under the group's restrictive interpretation of sharia law implemented. The Taliban also said Afghans girls will be allowed to return to school "as soon as possible" but did not provide a timeframe. The hardliners face international fury over their effective exclusion of women and girls from education and work. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES