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Closing Schools Only Benefits Afghanistan's Enemies: Karzai
Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... has warned the Taliban against forcing schools to close in Afghanistan saying it only harmed the country's people, not the "foreigners". Karzai in a radio address Friday said that the education of children was the way ahead for progress and prosperity in the country. "Preventing Afghan children from having an education does not harm foreigners - it is affecting the people of Afghanistan," he said. After news last week that more than 100 schools in Ghazni have closed after receiving threats or after students left out of fear, Karzai called for the closures to stop. "In reality, you are depriving your children of an education and the enemies benefit from this. You should put an end to the closure of schools," he said. Afghanistan's Ghanzi province parliamentary representatives recently claimed that more than 100 schools in the province have closed in the face of escalating unrest and are concerned more will follow. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... an official from the Ministry of Education refuted the claim, saying the schools did not close, but rather students have quit. The Ghanzi parliamentarians said they have called on security forces to try to re-open the schools, but it was proving difficult. According to provincial officials, there are 633 schools in Ghazi, 40 percent of which are girls schools. Hard-line Islamists in Afghanistan have previously issued violent threats against girls' schools and school teachers because they believe that Sharia law does not allow females to be given a school education. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-05-06 |
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