Ministry of Higher Education
Deputy Ministry for Academic Affairs
Directorate of Faculty Recruitment and Academic Promotions

Mr. Mawlawi Abdul Jamil, son of Abdul Jabbar, a graduate of Jamia Imdad-ul-Uloom Peshawar in the year 1418 (Hijri), is nominated for the vacant academic position in the Faculty of Sharia, Department of Islamic Studies at Al-Biruni University.

Mr. Mawlawi Noor Ahmad Rasooli, son of Saleh Mohammad, a graduate of Herat Ali Dar-ul-Uloom in the year 1395, is nominated for the vacant academic position in the Faculty of Sharia, Department of Islamic Culture at Al-Biruni University.

Mr. Mawlawi Mahboobullah, son of Abdul Mohammad, a graduate of Abdullah bin Masood (RA) Dar-ul-Uloom in Pakistan in the year 1390, is nominated for the vacant academic position in the Faculty of Sharia, Department of Islamic Culture at Al-Biruni University.

Mr. Mawlawi Samaruddin, son of Shujauddin, a graduate of Haji Chaman Madrasa in the year 1389, is nominated for the vacant academic position in the Faculty of Sharia, Department of Islamic Studies at ( ) University.

Mr. Mawlawi Fazl Manullah, son of Mawlawi Mohammad Akbar, a graduate of Nasrat-ul-Uloom Chehlton Paghman in the year 1442 (Hijri), is nominated for the vacant academic position in the Faculty of Sharia, Department of Islamic Studies at Al-Biruni University.

The relevant universities are instructed to process the remaining procedures of the dossiers of the above-qualified candidates, reviewing their educational documents in accordance with established rules and regulations.
Accordingly, the above-mentioned nominations are respectfully submitted. You are kindly requested to issue the necessary instructions for the approval of their appointments to the respective academic cadres of the related departments, concerning the appointment of these 15 academic cadre candidates.
Respectfully,
Miftaḥuddin ‘Izza
Director of Faculty Appointments and Academic Promotions

This letter from the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education, together with 8AM Daily reporting, documents an intensification of the Taliban’s reconfiguration of public higher education through staffing decisions. The Ministry order removes identified university academic staff from faculty posts on the stated basis that they do not meet unspecified “Islamic and administrative criteria,” without citing performance standards, due process, or disciplinary procedures. The accompanying reporting indicates that these removals coincide with the appointment of Taliban clerics as “professors” at Parwan University and Al-Biruni University, while displaced academics are reassigned to administrative roles.
Read together, the letter and reporting support an assessment that these measures function as an administrative mechanism for ideological consolidation within universities—shifting teaching authority away from existing academic personnel and toward Taliban-aligned clerics—thereby affecting access to education, academic freedom, and equal participation in professional public life.