The U.S. Department of State has reversed a decision to deny a travel visa to Afghan women’s and democracy activist Malalai Joya. In 2005, Joya became the youngest person ever elected to the Afghan parliament. She was suspended in 2007 for her denunciation of warlords and their cronies in government. Joya had planned a three-week U.S. tour to promote a new edition of her memoir when she was barred earlier this month. The decision was reversed after the State Department came under heavy protest. Joya is scheduled to speak with MIT Professor Noam Chomsky tonight in Boston.