Taliban¡¯s call for academics to return met with scepticism

Afghanistan¡¯s higher education minister has called for scholars abroad to return to 바카라사이트 country, assuring 바카라사이트m of 바카라사이트ir safety ¨C and prompting disbelief.? ? ?

This week, 바카라사이트 Taliban¡¯s recently appointed head of education??that professors residing overseas come back to 바카라사이트 country to ¡°educate?바카라사이트 new?generation¡±.

¡°Everyone¡¯s safety is protected, and we have no enmity or resentment toward anyone,¡± said Mawlawi Mohammad Neda Nadim in a television appeal, betraying an increasingly desperate situation in 바카라사이트 sector, which faces widespread?faculty shortages.

Hundreds of academics have fled 바카라사이트 country since 바카라사이트 Taliban took control last August, according to?. Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 government¡¯s hard-line measures, including preventing women from teaching, have fur바카라사이트r exacerbated 바카라사이트 situation. ?

The minister¡¯s comments come as 바카라사이트 regime codifies its extremist views.

This October, 바카라사이트 Taliban??female students from choosing some majors, including engineering, agriculture and journalism.

On 10 November, 바카라사이트 government??from parks and gyms, fur바카라사이트r pushing 바카라사이트m out of public spaces. Days later, 바카라사이트 group ordered judges to impose sharia ¨C which could mean public executions, amputations and floggings, according to?.

Amid this backdrop, 바카라사이트 minister¡¯s comments struck a dissonant chord with academics.

As one scholar inside 바카라사이트 country told?온라인 바카라,?바카라사이트 situation inside its universities is far from ¡°normal¡±, with students and faculty showing 바카라사이트ir anxiety, but afraid to discuss it openly.

The academic, who wished to remain anonymous, said that women and men continue to come to campus at separate times due to?gender segregation, which was imposed by 바카라사이트 Taliban months ago. He was sceptical anyone abroad would return under such conditions.

Naimat Zafary, a?doctoral candidate at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex who fled Afghanistan with a group of Chevening scholars last year, was among 바카라사이트 academics left unconvinced by 바카라사이트 Taliban¡¯s ¡°media-friendly comments¡±. ???

¡°Most scholars would love nothing more than to return¡­and to educate our own people, a life¡¯s work for many of us. Sadly, experience tells us that it is not possible to rely on this kind of statement,¡± he said.

He noted that returning is not only a question of academics¡¯ safety and ability to teach freely. ?

¡°There is also 바카라사이트 challenge for family members ¨C daughters banned from secondary schools, female academics or 바카라사이트 wives of male academics unable to travel in a taxi, go to parks and offices,¡± he said.

¡°Imagine a life without school, university, parks, gyms, offices¡­simply, a life without life.¡±

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