Afghanistan universities were told to remove books from the curriculum [AFP via Getty Images]
The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the teaching system of the University of Afghanistan, as a new prohibition, which also banned teaching human rights and sexual harassment.
About 140 women’s books, including names such as “Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory”, were among the 680 books that were “concerned” with “Anti -Sharia and the Taliban Policy”.
The universities were further told that they could no longer teach 18 things. The Taliban official says they “contradict Sharia principles and system politicians.”
The decree is the last of the many restrictions that the Taliban submitted after returning to power four years ago.
It was only this week that at least 10 provinces were banned from an optical internet in accordance with the instructions of the highest Taliban leader, when officials said it would prevent immorality.
Although the rules have influenced many aspects of life, women and girls were particularly difficult to reach: they are not allowed to acquire education through sixth grade, and one of the last routes until further training stopped in 2024. At the end of the 19th century, when the midwifery courses were quietly closed.
Nowadays, even university things about women have been directed: six out of 18 forbidden are about women, including sex and development, women’s role in communication and women’s sociology.
The Taliban government has stated that it respects the rights of women in the light of their Afghan culture and Islamic laws.
“Empty in the field of education”
The member of the committee, which reviewed the books, approved the insurance of women’s books written by women, saying to the BBC Afghanistan that “all books of female authors are not allowed to teach.”
Zakia Adeli, a former deputy Minister of Justice before the Taliban’s return, and one of the authors who found their books on the prohibited list was not surprising.
“Given what the Taliban has done over the last four years, it was not very important to expect them to introduce changes to the curriculum,” she said.
“Given the Taliban Missogistic Mind and Politics, it is natural that when women are not allowed to learn, their attitudes, ideas and writings are also suppressed.”
The new guidelines seen by the BBC Afghanistan were announced in late August.
Deputy Academic Director of the Ministry of Higher Education of the Taliban Government, Ziauras Rahman Aryubi said in a letter to universities that the “religious scientists and experts” commission made decisions.
It seems that insurance is not only women’s books, but also Bane books that featured books in which one member of the Book Survey Commission says the BBC that it was intended to “prevent Iran’s content penetration into the Afghan training program.”
On the 50 -page list, we send all Afghan Universities, 679 names appear, 310 of which are authors and Iranian writers, or released in Iran.
However, the professor of one institution, who spoke to the condition of anonymity, said he was afraid that it would be almost impossible to fill the gap.
“Iranian authors and translators’ books are the main link between the universities of Afghanistan and the global academic community. Their removal creates a great emptiness in higher education,” they said.
The Kabul University professor BBC said they were forced to prepare a textbook unit themselves in such circumstances, taking into account the Do and the Dess set by the Taliban Government.
However, the fundamental question is whether these sections can be prepared according to global standards or not.
The BBC appealed to the Taliban Ministry of Education to comment.