The Taliban Are Turning Boys’ Schools into Jihadist Training Grounds

The Taliban Are Turning Boys’ Schools into Jihadist Training Grounds

When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, Aman and Zaynab encouraged their children to keep going to school. (For their safety, the couple asked that pseudonyms be used for this story, and only first names.) At first, their two older boys, who are now fifteen and thirteen, resisted. Their favourite subjects, including English and science, weren’t being taught anymore, and their new teachers were rough with them. Aman and Zayna…