The Taliban have closed a workshop running art classes in Kabul and three private tuition centers because female students were attending, according to local sources.
The Taliban ‘morality police’ connected to the Ministry of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice closed the Fikran-e-Bartar workshop on Monday.
A note stuck to the gate of the closed center reads: “Due to the enrollment of students above the seventh grade, this has been closed.”
A source told Rukhshana Media on condition of anonymity that the Taliban’s forces destroyed paintings and artworks in the workshop before closing its doors.
“We had been hoping that schools would reopen for girls, but instead today the Taliban forces closed our art workshop and threw out all our belongings,” the source said.
“The workshop authorities were told that girls above the sixth grade are not allowed to participate in any courses or workshops.”
The workshop was established about four months ago and offered classes in painting, calligraphy, and miniature arts to about 50 students, the source said.
The officials also visited three other tuition centers teaching high school subjects in Char Qala-e Wazirabad area of Kabul city and shut them down, the source said.
Since regaining control in Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned all education for girls above grade six.
