Following the Taliban’s ban on women’s university education, a number of lecturers at state and private universities have resigned from their posts to protest the Taliban’s cabinet decision. A total of 13 lecturers have so far resigned in the capital Kabul and some provinces.

The lecturers who have resigned are as follows.

Mohammad Omar Kunduzi, Economics faculty of Kunduz University
Zakaria Shanizi, Geology faculty of Polytechnic University
Mohammad Hadi Asadi, Polytechnic University
Ubaidullah Wardak, Kabul University
Faiz Rahman, Kabul University
Safiullah Samoon, Kandahar University
Waliulhaq Shafaq, Takhar University
Dr. Abdulazim Momand, Kabul University
Mustafa Kamil Mohammad, Bamyan University
Ishaq Shahbaz, a private university
Jawid Momand, a private university
Toryalai Fakhri, Ghalib and Jami private universities in Herat
Mohammad Ishaq Shahbaz, Barak private university in Nimruz
In the meantime, a reliable source at Takhar University has told us that nine lecturers of the university have submitted their resignation letters to the University’s administration. The University’s chancellor has yet to approve their resignations, the source added.

The Taliban’s ban on university education for women has ignited strong reactions inside and outside Afghanistan. On Tuesday, December 20, the Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education instructed all government and private universities that higher education is banned for women until further notice.
Source: Kabul Now

This all comes at a time when the country’s economy has crashed and a harsh winter lies ahead, and these brave men face a deadly backlash in addition to giving up their livelihood to stand up for what is right.

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