Taliban say more than 20,000 religious schools operate across Afghanistan

Taliban say more than 20,000 religious schools operate across Afghanistan

Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has said more than 20,000 religious schools are operating across Afghanistan, providing Islamic education to more than two million students nationwide. Mujahid added that the schools operate under the Ministry of Education and made the remarks during a speech at a religious school in Kandahar. “This is a very large number,” Mujahid told a gathering of madrassa students in Kandahar, adding that estimates…