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The Taliban-led government sacked vice-chancellor Muhammad Osman Baburi and replaced him with Muhammad Ashraf Ghairat, consistent with a report by the Khaama Press press agency late on Wednesday.
Around 70 teaching staff of the distinguished Kabul University in Afghanistan resigned from their posts after the Taliban-led government sacked vice-chancellor Muhammad Osman Baburi and replaced him with Muhammad Ashraf Ghairat, consistent with a report by the Khaama Press press agency late on Wednesday.
sman Baburi may be a PhD holder while Ghairat has only a bachelor of arts (BA) degree.
It is said that Ghairat was a neighborhood of the education ministry within the previous Afghanistan government and was also the top of the assessment body of universities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan within the southwestern a part of the country, consistent with the Khaama Press report.
His appointment because the Kabul University’s vice-chancellor raised a storm on social media platforms, as people were angered over a young Ashraf Ghairat replacing an experienced and established Baburi because the head of the best and therefore the first university in Afghanistan.
The university has meanwhile said that Ghiarat is merely the acting vice-chancellor and therefore the top post are often reshuffled anytime.
A tweet by the new Taliban Chancellor of Kabul University: A spy journalist is more dangerous than 100 Arbaki (Local Police/Paramilitary). I doubt the religion of these who restrain from killing journalists. Kill Spy Journalists. Contain Media,” Sami Mahdi, a journalist and a teacher at Kabul University, wrote on the microblogging site on Wednesday.
Amid the widespread criticism, Ashraf Ghairat shared a series of tweets where he asked his critics to inquire about him and his academic background.
“Do I hold a bachelor degree? Yes, I graduated from the journalism faculty of KU, within the year 2008. Do I even have enough experience to run KU? Yes, I even have almost 15 years of experience working in several parts of IEA, i used to be a key member of the cultural commission of IEA,” the newly appointed vice-chancellor tweeted on Wednesday.
