Habibullah Agha

Sheikh Hadith Maulvi Habibullah Agha Sab is a Minister of Education of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He is part of the Taliban's hardliner group and Hibatullah Akhundzada loyalist. He also became Mullah Omar special adviser and the Taliban's spiritual leader. His appointment is considered a setback for women's education progress. He started to work as a minister of education on 26 September 2022. On 22 December 2022, he issued a temporary ban for girl school and educational courses above six grades.

Views Agha is against open criticism of the Taliban government officials. He suggested that criticism should be said in the government office.

International Sanctions On 20 July 2023, Habibullah Agha was sanctioned by the European Union as a government official personally responsible for gross human rights violations in Afghanistan by introducing a policy of denying access to secondary education for girls, thus preventing them from exercising their right to education and not to be subjected to discrimination on grounds of gender and further excluding women form Afghanistan's society.