The new university policy echoes the Taliban’s first time in power, in the 1990s, when women were only allowed in public if accompanied by a male relative and would be beaten for disobeying, and were kept from school
Afghan women walk along a road in Kabul on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
Women will no longer be allowed to attend classes or work at Kabul University “until an Islamic environment is created,” the school’s new Taliban-appointed chancellor has announced. “As long as real Islamic environment is not provided for all, women will not be allowed to come to universities or work. Islam first,” Mohammad Ashraf Ghairat said in a tweet on Monday, reported CNN.
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The new university policy echoes the Taliban’s first time in power, in the 1990s, when women were only allowed in public if accompanied by a male relative and would be beaten for disobeying, and were kept from school. According to New York Times, some female staff members, who have worked in relative freedom over the past two decades, pushed back against the new decree, questioning the idea that the Taliban had a monopoly on defining the Islamic faith.
“In this holy place, there was nothing un-Islamic,” one female lecturer said. “Presidents, teachers, engineers and even mullahs are trained here and gifted to society,” she said. “Kabul University is the home to the nation of Afghanistan.” New York Times reported quoting her. Around 70 teaching staff of the Kabul University, including assistant professors and professors have resigned after the Taliban sacked PhD holder Vice-Chancellor Muhammad Osman Baburi and replaced him with Muhammad Ashraf Ghairat, a BA degree holder.
Afghan representative calls off speech in UNGA
Afghanistan’s permanent representative in the United Nations Ghulam Muhammad Isaczai who was due to give a speech at the UN General Assembly’s 76th session on Monday, called off his address to preserve national interests and Afghanistan’s seat. Afghanistan’s Mission in UN in a Twitter post said that they will continue working with UN Security Council to preserve Afghanistan’s seat in the UN, reported The Khaama Press News Agency.
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