RASC News Agency: Local sources in Nangarhar confirm that the Taliban have imposed a prohibition on girls above the sixth grade attending educational centers and training courses. Reliable sources disclosed on Thursday, December 26, that the ban was enforced two days ago. According to these sources, the Taliban have issued directives to all educational institutions in Nangarhar, mandating that girls above the sixth grade are no longer allowed to enroll in their programs. The Taliban’s Directorate of Education in Nangarhar has warned that noncompliance with this order will result in “severe consequences.”
This announcement follows a similar restriction introduced in Herat province earlier this week, where the Taliban barred girls above the sixth grade from participating in educational courses. Sources close to Taliban officials indicate that the group is determined to confine women and girls to their homes entirely. The Taliban’s policies reflect a deep-seated cultural ethos in which taking a sick woman to a hospital is deemed dishonorable. According to their tribal traditions, a woman’s place is within the home, serving her husband. Even in cases of illness, a woman is expected to remain at home, with death considered preferable to seeking external medical care. This perspective views taking women to doctors as a betrayal of tribal honor and a violation of cultural norms.
Having taken control of Afghanistan, the Taliban are now working to impose these regressive tribal customs on the entire population, labeling them as “Islamic Sharia.” Over the past three years, their actions have consistently demonstrated a systematic effort to enforce their patriarchal and tribal ideologies under the guise of religion, disregarding the diverse cultural, social, and human rights of Afghanistani citizens.
