This year's Courage Award of Germany's Axel Springer Freedom Foundation was awarded to Afghan women at a ceremony in Berlin.

Roya Mahboob, the leader of the Afghan girls' robotics team and an entrepreneur, received this award on behalf of Afghan women.

The "Axel Springer" Courage Award is one of the most important awards in Germany, which is awarded annually to human rights activists in various fields.

This award is given to Afghan women who have been deprived of participation and activity in most areas of life and society by the Taliban for more than two years.

The Taliban has banned girls above grade six from school and female students from university.

Despite the Taliban's repressive actions, women have come to the streets in different cities from time to time and protested against the policies of this group.

The Taliban's response to women's protests has been to threaten, arrest and torture the protesters.