Taliban Administration Tightens Morality Rules, Targets Teachers In Nangarhar
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\nThe Taliban Administration has forced schoolteachers in eastern Afghanistan\u2019s Nangarhar province to sign written pledges committing to grow beards, according to a document obtained by Afghanistan International.<\/p>\n
The document warns that teachers who fail to comply with an order issued by the Taliban\u2019s leader to grow beards will be dismissed from their jobs.<\/p>\n
The pledge, obtained on Saturday, instructs staff of the provincial Directorate of Education, as well as teachers and students, to follow \u201cIslamic principles and the Prophet\u2019s conduct\u201d in line with a decree by Hibatullah Akhundzada.<\/p>\n
It states that any teacher or student who disobeys Akhundzada\u2019s orders and rulings will be marked absent until they comply with the directive.<\/p>\n
Several teachers told Afghanistan International that the forced signing of the pledges has begun at Abdul Wakil Ali High School in Jalalabad, the provincial capital.<\/p>\n
According to the teachers, the Taliban\u2019s Ministry of Education has formed a special committee to enforce the order. They said teachers were warned that failure to adhere to the \u201ctradition\u201d of growing beards would lead to dismissal and that they would have no right to lodge complaints.<\/p>\n
Previously, the Taliban\u2019s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice declared shaving beards a sin and urged men not to shave. Its spokesperson, Saif-ul-Islam Khyber, has described growing a beard as one of the main distinctions between men and women.<\/p>\n
Taliban morality enforcers have also warned barbers against shaving or styling beards and hair in modern fashions. In Kabul, Nangarhar, Khost and several other provinces, barbers have repeatedly been detained for shaving or styling men\u2019s beards and hair in ways deemed unacceptable by the authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Taliban Administration Tightens Morality Rules, Targets Teachers In Nangarhar ————————– The Taliban Administration has forced schoolteachers in eastern Afghanistan\u2019s Nangarhar province to sign written pledges committing to grow beards, according to a document obtained by Afghanistan International. The document warns that teachers who fail to comply with an order issued by the Taliban\u2019s leader to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"\n