Taliban’s Governor Calls for More Religious Schools in Panjshir

Mohammad Agha Hakim, the Taliban’s governor in Panjshir, during a meeting with the group's Deputy Prime Minister, called for an increase in religious schools in Panjshir.

The Taliban’s Prime Minister’s office reported on Friday, quoting Hakim, that religious schools in remote areas of Panjshir need to be strengthened.

In a statement, it was mentioned that Hakim had presented a report to Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s deputy prime minister on the social, economic, and local governance situation of the Taliban in Panjshir. The details of this report have not yet been released.

However, over the past two and a half years, a significant number of Panjshir residents have been arrested, tortured, and killed for allegedly supporting the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan and fighting against the Taliban. Previously, in July 2022, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban, had stated that the capacity for recruitment in jihadist schools in Panjshir should be increased.