China In Eurasia Briefing: What To Watch In 2022
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In this week’s Gandhara Briefing, we bring you insights on the Taliban’s future, the potential new Great Game in Afghanistan, and a university graduate who is running a secret school to educate teenage Afghan girls.
The Taliban has taken control of Afghanistan’s Independent Bar Association and declared that only Taliban-approved lawyers can work in its Islamic courts. The move has raised deep concerns about the impartiality and fairness of criminal trials under the Taliban regime.
Tens of thousands of Afghan teachers have not been paid their salaries since the Taliban seized power in August. As they struggle to survive by other means, many Afghan schools now lack enough teachers to instruct boys or girls.
Ahmad Zia became a water bearer for Afghan soldiers at the age of 12 after the Taliban killed his father and three uncles in 2019. Now his family of 30 does not even have that meager income.