The Taliban take such a sofa for female students
In Afghanistan, universities have become centers of resistance against the Taliban. Female students to the bans of the Taliban government against them protest they do.
In response to this, the Taliban several across the country of the university attacked the campus and violently dispersed the demonstrations, political expelled the students he accused of activism from the university.
In the latest incident, the Taliban attacked a school in the northeastern province of Badakhshan on October 30. of the university in the area march He beat dozens of female students. Students to prevent a group of women from entering the university area because of their clothes protest they did.
A few weeks after the Taliban seized power in August 2021 afghan started implementing new dress codes and gender segregation for women in universities.
of the Taliban education The ministry ordered all female students, teachers and employees to wear the burka, Islamic abaya, which covers all parts of the body, as well as the niqab, which covers the hair, body and most of the face. Classrooms are either gender-segregated or partitioned down the middle with a curtain. Only women can teach female students.
Activists against the order say it will instill fear in society and habits of discrimination against women and girls.
“Bathing and discriminatory rules are aimed at suppressing our protest and silencing women’s voices,” – at Badakhshan University protest one of the women who did Nahid He said in an interview with the Radio Azadi service of Radio Liberty.
Nahid, who asked to remain anonymous, says the protest is the only way to prevent the Taliban from “pushing” girls out of education. way was
According to him, of the university security guards and members of the Taliban’s morality police did not allow the girls to enter the university and ordered them to “dress properly”.
Women in front of the universityEducation is our right” and chanting the slogans “Women, life, freedom”. march guards and the moral police of the Taliban beat them with whips. Social This picture can be seen from the videos circulated in the media.
Nahid says the Taliban’s attempt to force all female students to wear the blue burka or black niqab is impractical and illogical.
“Where did they get this idea that women only wear certain colors?” education can they buy?”, – he says. According to Nahid, a large number of women in Feizabad, the capital of Badakhshan province, have already had to switch to conservative clothing.
Students of Badakhshan University said that the Taliban beat dozens of women and several women lost consciousness.
Nadia, who wants her real name to remain hidden, says that this violence did not stop the women and they eventually entered the university: “Even after being beaten, we resisted and continued the protest. In the end, we overcame the pressure and went to our class.”
The Taliban’s morality police denied beating the students and said university staff were dealing with the protesters.
In October, the Taliban evicted dozens of female students from the dormitories of Kabul University, the largest educational institution in the country.
The eviction of at least 40 women from the dormitory led to protests near the campus. Protesting women chanted the slogans “Education is our red line” and “Silence is treason”.
The Taliban confirmed that they had taken several women out of the dormitory and claimed that they had violated university rules, without elaborating. Protesters say those kicked out are students protesting in anti-Taliban demonstrations in the city.
With them at the Kabul educational center in September afghan A suicide bomb was detonated, killing a girl and a woman. The incident sparked one of the largest and longest protests against Taliban rule. Most of the protesters were female university students.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, most of whose victims were from the Shiite Hazara community. Protesters who took to the streets in the country’s main cities accused the Taliban government of oppressing women and failing to protect ethnic and religious minorities.
The Taliban suppressed the protests with brutal methods; beat the protesters imprisonment and threatened the female demonstrators.