Afghanistan: Kabul professor tears up diploma certificates to protest towards Taliban

Amidst the worldwide criticism and protest towards the Taliban’s diktat banning entry of girls college students in universities in Sharia-governed Afghanistan, a professor from Kabul University registered his protest on nationwide TV towards the regressive order.

During a reside debate programme on TOLO News, the professor tore up his diploma certificates saying that he doesn’t want these certificates if the ladies of the nation are denied entry to schooling. 

A video clip of the talk present was shared on Twitter by Shabnam Nasimi, former coverage advisor to the Minister for Afghan Resettlement & Minister for Refugees. As seen within the video, the Kabul college professor held up his diploma certificates after which tore them up one after the other. 

While tearing the certificates, the professor is heard saying, “I do not need these certificates as now there is no place for education in this country. I cannot accept this education if my sister and mother cannot study.”

“Astonishing scenes as a Kabul university professor destroys his diplomas on live TV in Afghanistan —“From today I don’t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. If my sister & my mother can’t study, then I DON’T accept this education,” Shabnam Nasimi tweeted.

Astonishing scenes as a Kabul college professor destroys his diplomas on reside TV in Afghanistan —

“From today I don’t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for an education. If my sister & my mother can’t study, then I DON’T accept this education.” pic.twitter.com/cTZrpmAuL6

— Shabnam Nasimi (@NasimiShabnam) December 27, 2022

After its takeover, the Taliban had claimed that it’ll permit ladies to take schooling with strict guidelines and restrictions. Initially, academic establishments had been ordered to implement new guidelines similar to gender-segregated school rooms and entrances. However, in March this 12 months, the Islamist regime took a U-turn and banned secondary schooling for woman college students. 

Taliban has additionally barred ladies from most jobs and made it obligatory for ladies to put on Hijabs and Burqas. Besides, Afghan ladies are additionally banned from public parks and gymnasiums. 

Crushing the aspirations of Afghan ladies to coach themselves and pursue a profession of their selection, the Sharia-compliant Taliban regime on December 20 banned college entry for feminine college students.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Education in a letter directed all the private and non-private universities to droop entry to school schooling for feminine college students until additional discover.

Taliban’s regressive transfer invited international outrage. Several international locations condemned the Taliban’s order. Meanwhile, the male college students of a number of universities in Afghanistan additionally expressed solidarity with the feminine college students. Several male college students on the Nangarhar University in Jalalabad and at Kandahar University in Afghanistan reportedly staged a protest and expressed solidarity with the ladies. The male college students walked out of the examination corridor on the University.

Apart from denying entry to schooling, the Islamist regime on December 24 additionally barred ladies from working in native and international NGOs saying that the ladies workers weren’t following the “Islamic dress code”. 

Opposing the order proscribing ladies from working, three worldwide NGOs Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and CARE on December 25, introduced the suspension of their support work within the nation.

On December 27, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) additionally issued a press assertion expressing its considerations over the denial of entry to school schooling for Afghan ladies. 

“The Security Council is deeply alarmed by reports that the Taliban have suspended access to universities for women and girls, and reaffirmed its deep concern about the suspension of schools beyond the sixth grade, and its call for the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan,” the UNSC press assertion learn.

UN Security Council assertion (Image through press.un.org)

On the Taliban order banning ladies from working in NGOs, the UN Security Council stated that the transfer could have a big and speedy affect on humanitarian operations in Afghanistan being carried out by personal NGOs and the UN.