Reports from local sources indicate that the Taliban have imposed blockades at the entrances of numerous educational centers within the city of Kabul, citing the presence of female students beyond the sixth grade as their rationale.
According to sources corroborated by Hasht-e Subh, this measure was initiated by the Taliban on Monday, March 1st, primarily in the seventh and tenth districts of Kabul. The plan is purportedly slated for extension across the entirety of the city.
Officials of Kabul’s educational institutions have been warned by the Taliban of severe consequences should they persist in their educational endeavors.
In a recent development, the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice issued directives to educational center administrators, instructing them to prohibit entry for girls wearing veils deemed to have “non-dark colors.”
These actions unfold against the backdrop of the Taliban’s recent consolidation of power in Afghanistan, marked by their decree prohibiting female students beyond the sixth grade from accessing schools and pursuing higher education at universities.
Observers interpret these moves as part of the Taliban’s broader agenda to systematically marginalize women and girls within Afghan society, through sustained coercion and restriction of their participation in public life.