ANI
14 Jan 2022, 23:25 GMT+10
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 14 (ANI): As women in Afghanistan continue to wait for the Taliban regime to provide them with basic rights to study and work, a number of female students in eastern Nangarhar province voiced mounting despair about the lack of access to public universities and lack of employment opportunities.
Ahmad Khan, who is a teacher in Nangarhar province, said that three of his daughters were students at the department of Agriculture, Engineering and Literature at Nangarhar University, but for months the doors of public universities have been closed to them, Tolo News reported on Friday.
Kerishma, a 20-year-old woman living in the Shiwa district of Nangarhar, told Tolo News that she and her younger sister (Zala) had passed the entrance exams for the engineering and literature departments at Nangarhar University last year, but had not yet been able to join their classes.
"I succeeded in the engineering department. The year ended and I could not go to university, I'm very worried when I look at my empty notebooks that I have not written anything," said Kerishma, a student.
"Since the universities have been closed, our dreams and aspirations have been reduced. All girls like me are worried about our future, I hope the educational institutions open for girls," Tolo News quoted Zala, Kerishma's sister as saying.
Ziba, who is a second-year student in the Agriculture department in Nangarhar University, and is the elder sister of Kerishma and Zala, said that she has faced many challenges during her schooling, but due to the outbreak of COVID-19 disease and the collapse of the previous government, universities have been closed twice to the students, the Afghan media reported.
"Public and private universities must be opened. This is very important for women because a number of women do not have breadwinners, they have studied, graduated and are working to support their families," she said.
Ziba urged the Taliban to let women continue their education.
Meanwhile, based on available statistics, over 15,000 students were studying at Nangarhar university, and nearly 3,000 of the were female students, as per Tolo News. (ANI)Get a daily dose of Professional Autos news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Professional Autos.
More InformationFRANKLIN, Tennessee: Hundreds of thousands of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles are being recalled across the United States due to a potential...
REDMOND, Washington: Microsoft is the latest tech giant to announce significant job cuts, as the financial strain of building next-generation...
LONDON UK - U.S. stock markets were closed on Friday for Independence Day. Global Forex Markets Wrap Up Friday with Greeback Comeback...
SANTA CLARA, California: Nvidia came within a whisker of making financial history on July 3, briefly surpassing Apple's all-time market...
SACRAMENTO, California: California's multibillion-dollar farms are facing a growing crisis—not from drought or pests, but from a sudden...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump says the United States could soon reach a trade deal with India. He believes this deal would...
Kabul could become the worlds first capital to run out of water completely, experts say, blaming the crisis on rapid population growth,...
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Young Indian was created to revive Associated Journal Limited (AJL) and not to earn rent, Congress...
Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 5 (ANI): Heavy rainfall in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district on Saturday led to severe waterlogging,...
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 5 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Saturday inaugurated a three-day foundational...
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The work on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed bullet train project is going on in full swing in Maharashtra,...
* China's first LEGOLAND resort opened on Saturday in Shanghai. * Spanning 318,000 square meters, LEGOLAND Shanghai Resort is the...