Taliban in Khost Demand Halt to Radio Educational Programs for Girls

Local sources in Khost province reported on Friday (August 30) that the deputy head of the Taliban's education department in the province has warned radio officials to stop broadcasting educational programs for girls above the sixth grade.

Khairullah Mangal, the deputy head of the Taliban's education department in Khost, said that these educational programs may lead to conversations between girls and boys, which contradicts the Taliban's new law on the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice.

According to sources, Radio Maktab, which broadcasts educational programs for girls in Khost, Paktika, and Paktia provinces, has received this warning. This radio station had been broadcasting educational programs for thousands of girls in these areas after the Taliban banned girls' education.

It is worth noting that about five days ago, the Khost police command also asked radio officials to stop any telephone contact with women. According to the Taliban's law on the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, the voice, face, body, and appearance of women in public places is considered "awrah" (a private part that must be concealed) and is a crime.