The spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, Zabihullah Mujahid, responded to comments made by Roza Otunbayeva, the head of UNAMA, about the subjects taught in madrasas. 

He said that madrasas (religious schools) teach modern education, science, mathematics, history, and Islamic beliefs in addition to religious education.

The spokesperson noted that the nations' and international organizations' worries regarding madrasas in Afghanistan are baseless and that they should not be concerned in this regard.

"Madrasas (religious schools) have a single curriculum in the Islamic Emirate; Usually, most of them are religious teachings, it includes the studies of Tafsir (exegesis), the studies of Hadith, the studies of Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and the studies of Islamic beliefs, as well as the studies of history and other parts of contemporary teachings,” Zabihullah Mujahid said.

Earlier, the head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, in a press briefing, expressed her concerns regarding the type of teaching in madrasas and added that UNAMA should monitor this.

“With madrasa their aim is to teach children as much as possible, and madrasas, I was talking today in regard of girls because we keep hearing that more and more girls going to madrasas but it is very difficult to verify. Yes, this is our job to observe, to understand what is going on,” she said.

Heather Barr, director of the Women's Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, in response to the reports about the education of girls in religious schools, said that "madrassas are absolutely not an acceptable replacement for school, for girls or boys."

"UN is seeking to verify Afghanistan's Taliban are letting girls study at religious schools", Barr said on X.

Previously, some officials of madrasas (religious schools) have said that the number of girls in schools has increased by fifty percent.

According to officials, the girls started learning religious sciences after the schools were closed.