Taliban Shuts Down Sports Clubs For Afghan Women in Central Afghanistan

According to the public statements of the Minister of Education of the Taliban, the group is going to establish three to 10 religious schools in each district of Afghanistan.

A decree attributed to Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, reveals more details about the formation and expenses of these schools across Afghanistan. This document states that each school will have 10 teachers and eight staff members and will train between 500 and 1,000 students each semester.

According to the Taliban leader’s decree, a salary scale from 15,000 to 25,000 Afghanis has been approved for the staff members of these Jihadist schools of the Taliban.

At the same time, each student at the Jihadi Schools receives 150 Afghanis per day. The Taliban’s jihadist schools’ salaries aren’t comparable to public school teachers’ salaries, whereas, in the latter, a teacher with an undergraduate degree receives only 9,000 Afghani as their salary.

The UN agency said that the Taliban had committed to reopening universities for girls in March 2023.

The Ministry of Higher Education of the Taliban recently ordered private universities to refrain from enrolling girls in the spring university entry exams.

Earlier, the ministry had ordered that all universities will be closed to girls until further notice.

The Taliban’s decision of banning Afghan girls from work and education has been met with wide-ranging global and national reactions and criticisms.

The Taliban spokespersons have said that the decision about girls’ education is not permanent and that girls will be allowed to study in the spring of next year.

According to these sources, on the orders of Muttaqi, weapons, and ammunition of the arrested kidnappers have also been returned to them.

Earlier, a group of 11 kidnappers, led by a person named Fazl ul Haq, a resident of Maidan Wardak province, had been arrested by the Taliban intelligence agency.

The Taliban intelligence released a video of the confession of these people and announced the release of the abducted victim.

In the video released by the Taliban intelligence, the kidnappers confessed to several cases of kidnapping and receiving ransom from people during the republic era and the Taliban rule.

The agency also released a video of the victim as saying that the kidnappers wanted to cut off his ears and send them to his family to make them pay the ransom.

The group of kidnappers had been waiting for a verdict in court when they were released under pressure from the Taliban foreign minister.

NRF said that condemnation alone will not be enough to change Taliban’s actions.

Sibghatullah Ahmadi, the spokesperson of NRF, said on Monday that the Taliban's actions against Afghan women are a gross violation of basic human rights, and urged the international community to show practical response to the group.

In their latest move against Afghan women, the Taliban have banned Afghan girls from taking university entrance exams across Afghanistan.

The NRF spokesperson condemned the Taliban’s actions against Afghan women and said that the group has not changed.

Hanif asked the world to engage with the Taliban and said that pressure on the group will have a negative impact on the country.

According to the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar News Agency, the minister of economy of the Taliban, stressed that the international community should try to solve the existing challenges through dialogue.

In the meeting, the EU envoy asked the Taliban to lift the ban on the right to education and work of Afghan women and girls.

The Taliban continues to ask for engagement with the world and more investments in Afghanistan while domestically they have removed Afghan women from social life.