Afghanistan: Students return to Kabul University with restrictions ! MAK NEWS-21

Kabul University, Afghanistan's oldest and most prestigious university, reopened on Saturday after a long six-week hiatus from the Talib...

Kabul University, Afghanistan's oldest and most prestigious university, reopened on Saturday after a long six-week hiatus from the Taliban, but new rules have been imposed on students.

 

Dozens of female students wearing hijabs lined up outside the university gates to celebrate the resumption of classes suspended after the return of the Taliban in August last year, according to the AP news agency.

 

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Taliban guards stood at the three gates of Kabul University.

The students said that they did not know what was expected but were surprised that they could resume their classes and continue their education in the field of their choice.

The American liberal arts model was widely followed at Kabul University.

The students who came to the university said that only music classes have been suspended for both the students but the Taliban did not make any statement in this regard.

"There is no change in the syllabus and the teachers in my class are the same," said Behija Aman, a 21-year-old humanities student at the university.

"I'm glad they finally let us come back to the university," he said. 

 

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The top student in her class hopes to graduate and complete her doctorate in Afghanistan.

The number of students in Kabul University was up to 22,000 but on the first day the number of students was less.

The Taliban government and the media also did not issue a notice banning students from entering the university, and the university's official Facebook patch this week stated that students could take classes from this week onwards and that classes were based on religious and cultural values. Will be acting.

It should be noted that Kabul University, like other government universities in Afghanistan, was closed after the Taliban took control, while the issue of whether women would be allowed to study was also under discussion.

Concerns were being raised about the Taliban that they would treat women as harshly as they did during their first term from 1996 to 2001.

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The Taliban, on the other hand, made it clear that they had no problem with women's education, but that classes should be segregated and Islamic principles should be observed.

In Afghanistan, universities in Legham, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Nimroz, Farah and Helmand opened earlier this month.

Despite the Taliban not formally announcing the ban, seventh- and upper-grade students are barred from attending school across Afghanistan.

The Taliban said in a statement that the girls would be able to return to school in late March.

One of the demands of the international community is to allow girls to go to school, while the Taliban maintain that there are no separate classes for girls and boys in schools.

When classes began six months later at Kabul University, female students were segregated and required to wear the hijab, as well as bringing smartphones around the university.

Female students are prohibited from taking morning classes and male students are prohibited from taking afternoon classes.

Earlier this month, the university announced various positions, including in the arts, public policy, literature, media and communications, and politics.

Student Behija Aman described the sanctions as a "slight relaxation" and said "I am convinced of the rule of law, I will abide by it but I expect no further changes."