ISKP Forced Educational Institutions Closure - Nangarhar (2015)
Incident- Incident date
- August 2015
- Year of incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Nangarhar: Dih Bala
- District geolocation of incident
Latitude: 34.0925709042534
Longitude: 70.4685723616081
- District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
- Dih Bala
- Alleged types of crimes
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
- Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
- Other Crimes : Attacking humanitarian personnel and object
- Other Crimes : Discrimination against girls in access to education
- Other Crimes : Inhuman treatment
- Other Crimes : Mutilation
- Other Crimes : Threats against civilians
- Other Crimes : Violations of children's rights to education
- Regime in place
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary of incident
In August 2015, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) confirmed that Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) fighters forced the closure of twenty-five educational institutions across Nangarhar Province. This action deprived 14,102 students, including 4,900 girls, of access to education and prevented 341 teachers from performing their work. During public meetings organized by ISKP, fighters threatened teachers with severe punishment if they failed to comply with orders to close schools. According to sources, some teachers received phone calls threatening their lives if they reported these threats to authorities. Other teachers were reportedly demanded to pay one month's salary to the group. The threats created significant fear and insecurity among parents, teachers, and students, resulting in substantial decreases in school attendance. As of December 31, 2015, ten educational institutions remained closed in Deh Bala District of Nangarhar Province, continuing to affect 7,087 students.
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AHRDO Incident Report
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