Local sources in Herat report that the Taliban group has removed the Persian language from the signboards of offices of the Education Directorate in this province.
Sources on Tuesday, September 20, speaking to Hasht-e Subh said that in a new move, the Taliban group removed the Persian signs of the departments of management, publications, information technology, procurement management, and several other departments and replaced them with Pashto and English signs.
This is while 90% of the visitors to government offices in Herat are Persian speaking and they do not understand Pashto.
In addition, the Taliban group has removed the word “Danishga = University” from the main signboard of the new building of Balkh University.
Since the Taliban seized power, the group has been fighting against any values developed and promoted during the last two decades. Fighting against human rights, the Persian language, and ethnic and sects other than their own like-minded have been the main focus of the group.
These ethnicist moves of the Taliban have provoked reactions of the people across the country, calling on the Taliban to focus on fundamental issues instead of these marginal issues. Persian has a very rich historical background. Removing Persian from sign boards will never add any value to Pashto. Instead of fighting against language, it is better to work on the enhancement of Pashto so that it can find its value and usage more often.
