Editor in Chief: Moh. Reza Huwaida Saturday, April 27th, 2024

School Closures and Need for Some Drive-out Operations in Ghazni

Ghazni has been one of the most insecure provinces. The Taliban have maintained their increasing influence in some of the districts of this province, from where they launch attacks into the provincial capital as well as into other districts. The Taliban militants have kept the routes to some districts insecure, creating problems for the passengers and local people travelling back and forth to the provincial capital and Kabul.

Insecurity appears to have been increasing since the snow has melt down and reports indicate that tens of schools have been closed down due to the increasing threats posed by the Taliban insurgents. The deteriorating situation and closure of many schools in this province calls for the attention of the government as well as international security forces.

Ghazni is named the capital of Islamic civilization for the year 2013.There is a need for launch and conduct of development projects in the province in order to make it actually look as a capital of Islamic civilization based on its historical background and grandeur as well as its actual appearance in terms of urban development and level of education.

But unfortunately the Taliban insurgents have been able to stop development and reconstruction projects in this province over the last ten years. As 2013 approaches, theTaliban continue to further mount their efforts to block the development and reconstruction projects in order to demonstrate their presence and influence in this province on the basis of ideological connection.

So Afghan government and international forces must pay serious attention to security situation of Ghazni province in order to lay the ground for speeding up and accelerating the development and reconstruction projects to make it ready for 2013.

In the meanwhile, Afghan and international forces must launch and carry out some clear, hold and rebuild operations to dismantle the nerve and base the Taliban insurgents have built in this province so as to allow the children to go to schools and get education.

The people in Ghazni province can no longer tolerate the closure of their schools and continue to see their children remain deprived of education. They cannot wait for an ineffective and flawed peace and reconciliation process to produce results.

International and Afghan security forces must carry out some operations to drive the militants out of the province. Even if a peace deal is struck at the leadership level, there is a high possibility that local Taliban militants will continue to impose their strict ideological and traditional views with regards to education and women. So the people in Ghazni province to want remain under the sway of the Taliban, in which case they will have be under the influence of Taliban's ideology and their extremist traditional views if any peace deal is struck.