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Scientists? Doctors? Don't need 'em. Engineers? Skilled craftsmen? Nah. "Attacks on Afghan students up sharply," by Jason Straziuso for the Associated Press:
KABUL, Afghanistan - The number of students and teachers killed in Taliban attacks has tripled in the past year in a campaign to close schools and force teenage boys to join the Islamic militia, Afghanistan's education minister says.
While the overall state of Afghan education shows improvement, Education Ministry numbers point to a sharp decline in security for students, teachers and schools in the south, where the Taliban thrives: The number of students out of classes because of security concerns has hit 300,000 since March 2007, compared with 200,000 in the previous 12 months, while the number of schools closing has risen from 350 to 590.
The Taliban strategy is deliberate: "to close these schools down so that the children and primarily the teenagers that are going to the schools — the boys — have no other option but to join the Taliban," Education Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.
The Taliban know that educated Afghans won't join the militants, so a closed school leaves students with two options — to join the Taliban or "to cross the border and go into those hate madrassas," Atmar said, referring to Islamic seminaries in Pakistan where "they will be professionally trained as terrorists."
Wakil Ahmad Khan, a top official at Pakistan's religious affairs ministry, said Pakistani "madrassas are doing a wonderful job by providing education to millions of students" and "if the Afghan officials have any such information, they should share it with Pakistan's Foreign Ministry."
A wonderful job? Depends on who you ask.
Posted by Marisol at January 23, 2008 8:07 PM
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Makes you wonder on whose payroll this fellow, Wakil Ahmad Khan, is on.
Another manifestation of Islam mixed with ancient tribalistic traditions and beliefs that does not bode well for humanity.
Posted by: boneshack![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 23, 2008 9:00 PM
"Wakil Ahmad Khan, a top official at Pakistan's religious affairs ministry, said Pakistani "madrassas are doing a wonderful job by providing education to millions of students"
The Soviet Union did a wonderful job, NAZI Germany did a wonderful job. Question is, what wonderful things are they teaching?
Posted by: rational at January 23, 2008 10:58 PM
Since 1995, Taliban/al-Qaeda has been raking in a 15% cut of the Pashto/Albania Euro-heroin trade. Karzai - a Pashto - has twice condemned NATO for using air strikes in Helmond District. Prior to the 2001 intervention opium cultivation was based in Helmond, but actual heroin production was done in Iran, Pakistan, Albanian and Turkey. Under Karzai, heroin factories are thriving in the frontier regions, and in Pakistan (which had 2,000,000 addicts in 2000). The once impoverished Tribal Territories, are now thriving in Euro-addict cash. Every jihadi owns a cell phone. On September 11, 2001, Pakistan was near bankrupt, and held zero foreign currency reserves. And the Saudis had limited funds to support their client state. Then the nation-building farce began.
This indulgence has to end. And it cannot end until the media ceases denial of the brazen jihad subsidy by the Bush regime.
Posted by: supercargo at January 24, 2008 12:03 AM
"madrassas are doing a wonderful job by providing education to millions of students" - JW
I guess there is an ocean of differences between education and education.
Aint Talibans brain-child of Pakistanies? A bunch of mushroom heads, they keep'em in dark and feed'em horse-shit.
Posted by: MusHuntCowboy at January 24, 2008 12:19 AM
From the article
The Taliban know that educated Afghans won't join the militants
Says who? This sounds like a bit of faulty mind-reading by reporter Jason Straziuso and Afghan Education Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar. Back in the real world, the Taliban know that educated Muslims have no problem, uhh, "joining the militants". Many jihadis are college graduates, some with advanced degrees (dentists, pediatricians, engineers, etc.).
But Muslims believe that the only knowledge that is required is contained in the holy, holy Qur'an. You need to learn/memorize the contents of the Qur'an, the literal word of Allah, and also the ahadith, the deeds and words of Mohammad, the Perfect Man For All Time. You don't need to go beyond that; if Allah wanted you to learn anything else, he would have put it in the Qur'an. To learn directly about the world is dangerous "innovation", which borders on blasphemy.
The reason for attacking schools is not a tactical one, to get more jihadis. Afghanistan is overflowing with jihadis. If there's one thing Afghanistan has plenty of, it's jihadis.
The reason for attacking schools is a religious one. It is a religious justification that motivates their anti-education jihad.
Once again, Muslims and reporters will point to any justification for jihad, other than the religious texts that justify jihad.
Posted by: special_guest at January 24, 2008 2:15 AM
How thoroughly depressing.
So what do we do?
We can all see the modus operandi now don't we?
at January 24, 2008 2:37 AM
"....while the number of schools closing has risen from 350 to 590....."
....once again Islam proves it is for the people....
Posted by: exsgtbrown at January 24, 2008 5:47 AM
When you have to force people to join your cause it is surely a sign that your cause is unjust and doomed to failure, God willing!
Posted by: HereticInfidel at January 24, 2008 9:13 AM
So when will Afghans resist the Taliban?
When hell freezes over?
Until they do, one can only assume they don't really care. They'll go to school if they can, but if the schools close then that's okay too. It's not that important. Not worth losing your life. If they cared, they would fight the Taliban and not those who are trying to help them. They would guard those schools against the Taliban and defend their children's right to an education. They would protect the teachers against those who would keep them in a medieval state of existence. If it's too much trouble for Afghans to fight those who would enslave them then why should anyone else care how they live?
Sure Afghanistan might yet again become a haven for terrorists. We can't help that. All we can do is refuse to do business with the Afghan government. That means no one from Afghanistan and no one who enters Afghanistan can be allowed to enter the United States. That means no US aid of any kind. We will refuse to support UN programs aimed at helping an Afghanistan that is a terrorist haven. There should be a price to pay for sheltering terrorists. No more weeping over "innocent" Afghans. "Innocent" Afghans sheltered Osama bin Laden. They're not innocent.
Posted by: PMK at January 24, 2008 9:33 AM
PMK: Well said!
supercargo: Don't you mean the Bush administration? Saddam Hussein had a regime, the Iranian mullahs have a regime. America does not have a regime.
Posted by: HereticInfidel at January 24, 2008 10:01 AM
Isn't this the same Taliban that issued a memo warning officers to refrain from entertaining young men in their tents.........?
Perhaps there is another reason that they are closing the schools - in order to create a dating pool?
Inquiring minds want to know.......
Posted by: tanstaafl at January 24, 2008 10:51 AM
...those young men who refuse acquire a new title ; "Moving Target"
Posted by: exsgtbrown at January 24, 2008 11:49 AM
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