|
Female students in Badakhshan could not attend university entrance test due to Taliban threats
[KhaamaPress] According to reports from the Northern Badakhshan province, dozens of female students in this province were not given permission by the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban...to attend the university entrance test. Local officials in Badakshan said that around 180 girls who have been graduated from school and intended to travel to another district for the university entrance test, the Taliban who controls the route did not permit them to join the exam. Kambiz Qurbani, governor of Darwaz district appeared in a gathering where hundreds of female students and the elders from Maimai area of Darwaz came together to raise their voice against the Taliban not permitting girls to attend university entrance test. "Due to Taliban threats and insecurity in the way to Shukai passing from Nusai where is controlled by the Taliban, dozens of female students are going to be deprived from higher education," Kambiz Qurbani said. "We request from the central government and President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... to pay attention either in establishing an examination center in the Maimai area of Darwaz or to facilitate some helicopters for the female students to be transported from Maimai to Shukai for the entrance test," Kambiz added. This comes as the Taliban and an Afghan delegation are expected to meet soon in Doha to negotiate a power-sharing dealing and facilitating a national reconciliation in order to put an end to the prolonged war between the Afghan government and the Taliban group. During the governance of Taliban, girls were not allowed to work or study outside their homes.
The Taliban have so far not made a comment about the claims. Local officials in the area have said that the Taliban threatened to charge Afs40,000 to any female student trying to take the exam. Provincial officials have said that efforts are underway to ensure the entry of these girls for the exam. “We have been deprived of the exam process, we hope that the honorable president helps us,” said a resident of Badakhshan. “They (the Taliban) deprived us and have warned they would impose fines on the girls if they participated in the exam, each girl has to pay a 40,000 afghani fine if they appeared in the exam,” said a resident of Badakhshan. “Everyone has the right to learn whether they are a girl or a boy, this is the fundamental right of Afghan citizens,” said Kambiz, district governor of Darwaz of Badakshan. “The girls who have been prevented from taking the exam will go to Shighnan district on Sunday and will appear for the exam there,” said Sanaullah Rouhani, a spokesman for the Badakhshan police. Girls' education is one of the major achievements that Afghanistan gained in the post-Taliban era. The Afghan government has constantly said that it will not compromise on the girls’ education in any peace talks with the Taliban. Related: Badakhshan: 2020-08-14 Four Civilians Killed in Kandahar Roadside Mine Blast Badakhshan: 2020-07-26 'Over 400 Taliban Attacks in Past Week': ONSC Badakhshan: 2020-07-17 In the past 48 hours 26 drug traffickers nabbed in separate Counter- Narcotics operations in Afghanistan Related: Darwaz: 2019-01-11 Taliban commander Mullah Basir and his 20 fighters killed in Balkh airstrike Darwaz: 2018-03-19 Man kills wife, minor son in Kohat Darwaz: 2014-01-02 Afghan aid groups vow to stay on Related: Girls'' education: 2014-12-18 Assault on education Girls'' education: 2009-02-24 School blown up in Darra Adamkhel Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-22 |
|
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=580248 |