Hundreds of Girls' and Children's Educational Classes Closed in Logar and Paktika by the Taliban

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Local sources in the provinces of Logar and Paktika have reported that the Taliban's Directorate of Education has shut down hundreds of local educational classes for young girls and children in these two provinces.

According to the sources, around 130 educational classes in Logar, which were operating with financial support from the "WIFA" organization, have been closed by the Taliban.

These classes were active in the districts of Khoshi, Azra, and Mohammad Agha, where approximately 3,091 boys and girls up to the fifth grade were studying.

Sources confirmed that the Taliban's Directorate of Education collected all materials from these classes and shut them down. As a result, dozens of teachers are now unemployed, and hundreds of children have been deprived of education.

Meanwhile, local sources in Paktika have also reported that the Taliban closed 267 educational classes for young girls and transferred their equipment to Jihadi schools.

These classes, funded by the "WIFA" organization, were operating in the districts of Barmal, Giyan, Zerok, Nika, Surobi, Urgun, Sar Hawza, Mata Khan, Zarghun, Janikhel, Yusufkhel, and Yahyakhel.

According to sources, with the closure of these educational centers, around 11,800 young girls have been deprived of education, and hundreds of teachers are now unemployed.

It is worth noting that since regaining control over Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned girls above the sixth grade from continuing their education in schools and closed universities to female students. Additionally, the group has converted several orphanages into Jihadi schools and transferred school equipment to the students of these schools.