Several girls’ madrassas in Kabul have been shut down for teaching schools’ textbooks and offering foreign language classes, sources in the Taliban’s Ministry of Education told Amu.
According to the sources, the Taliban will no longer renew licenses for existing girls’ madrassas and will not issue permits for new ones.
Since returning to power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed sweeping restrictions on female education. In 2022, they closed girls’ middle and high schools, and later that year barred women from universities. Many private education centers, particularly those teaching foreign languages and computer skills, have also been shut down. The group has further prohibited women from pursuing medical education.
Human rights organizations and the United Nations have repeatedly condemned the measures as a blatant violation of women’s and girls’ rights and urged the Taliban to reopen schools and madrassas. The Taliban, however, justify the bans as consistent with what they call “Islamic values and cultural standards.”
