Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: His coronary heart skips a beat each time he sees a flash on ‘Afghanistan’ or ‘Taliban’ on the TV display. It’s his concern concerning the security of his dad and mom and siblings again in Afghan capital Kabul that offers Hakeem Jan Muffaker, a analysis scholar on the University of Kerala, sleepless nights.
The 38-year-old Afghan nationwide, whose analysis matter is ‘A Comparative Study of Development in Afghanistan and India’, believes his nation has as soon as once more been pushed into troubled instances. Muffaker, who was a director on the Ministry of Urban Development and Land within the Afghan authorities, took a break from his job to pursue PhD at Kerala University two years in the past. He says he was fortunate to convey at the least his spouse and kids with him.
Muffaker believes the event and progress that war-ravaged Afghanistan has seen over the previous twenty years would come to naught following the seize of energy by the Taliban. “There is widespread concern over persecution of innocent people and blatant violation of human rights by the new regime. Equally worrisome is the condition of women, especially the education of girls,” he informed TNIE.
Besides criticising the timing of the pullout of US troops from the nation, he additionally blamed neighbour Pakistan for the state of affairs in Afghanistan. “Pakistan has always meddled in the internal affairs of Afghanistan as it never wants a strong government in our country,” Muffaker stated.
He additionally has issues about the way forward for quite a few infrastructure tasks again house which have been additionally carried out with help from India. “India should take the lead in ensuring the international community’s intervention to protect the rights of ordinary citizens of Afghanistan. The Taliban gaining prominence there would also spell trouble for India, especially in the Kashmir region,” he warned.
A number of different Afghan researchers and college students within the college whom TNIE talked to expressed grave concern over the state of affairs of their homeland. The Afghan nationals, who spoke on situation of anonymity, termed as ‘heart-breaking’ the picture of youths falling to dying from a US army plane following their futile try to flee from the nation by clinging on the wheels of the airplane.
“It’s hard to concentrate on studies when our country is going through such turmoil. We call up our parents at least three to four times a day to ensure that they are safe,” stated an Afghan pupil pursuing PG within the varsity. At current, there are round 15 Afghan college students within the college who’ve come as a part of a scholarship programme supplied by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
“Every year, ICCR offers over 3,500 scholarships to foreign students of which 1,000 are earmarked exclusively for Afghan students,” stated Dr Sabu Joseph, director of KU’s Centre for Global Academics.
This yr, 11 Afghan college students have taken admission underneath numerous programmes within the varsity however their arrival is unsure now. “We have written to the ICCR to prevail upon the Centre for allowing visa to these students on a priority basis so that they can pursue their studies in the peaceful environs of the university,” Dr Sabu stated.
