Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, has banned the writing of love poems and the description of girls and boys in poetry, warning that violators will be punished.

Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has expressed concern over the ongoing deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and called for an immediate halt to the process.

Local sources in Herat city told the media that Taliban morality police raided several private educational centers on Saturday morning (August 30) and forcibly expelled girls from classrooms.

The UN Women has stated in a new report that the vast majority of Afghans, despite the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education, continue to support the right of girls to study.