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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Taliban \u2018morality police\u2019 connected to the Ministry of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice closed the Fikran-e-Bartar workshop on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A note stuck to the gate of the closed center reads: \u201cDue to the enrollment of students above the seventh grade, this has been closed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A source told Rukhshana Media on condition of anonymity that the Taliban\u2019s forces destroyed paintings and artworks in the workshop before closing its doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe 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,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe workshop authorities were told that girls above the sixth grade are not allowed to participate in any courses or workshops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The workshop was established about four months ago and offered classes in painting, calligraphy, and miniature arts to about 50 students, the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since regaining control in Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned all education for girls above grade six.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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