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Shabana Basij-Rasikh, Co-Founder & President SOLA Afghanistan a boarding school for girls in Afghanistan, posts a video of the burning records on Twitter, says it's to assure parents of their family's safety.

Shabana Basij-Rasikh Afghanistan girls boarding school founder

A video of school records of female students being burned by the school’s co-founder has been shared widely on social media as attention remains on Afghanistan and what the return of the Taliban rule will look like.

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Amid apprehensions for women’s rights and safety, Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder of the only boarding school for girls in Afghanistan, posted a video on Twitter late Friday, showing her burning her students’ records. She claimed this was being done not to erase them, but to protect students and their families from the Taliban.

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In her continus tweet, she said that,  In March 2002, after the fall of Taliban, thousands of Afghan girls were invited to go to the nearest public school to participate in a placement test because the Taliban had burned all female students’ records to erase their existence. I was one of those girls.  
 

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    Nearly 20 years later, as the founder of the only all-girls boarding school in Afghanistan, I’m burning my students’ records not to erase them, but to protect them and their families.  

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   As the world focuses on the dramatic - those Afghans who are managing to get out - the fire in me to invest in the education of Afghan girls who have no way out grows brighter, stronger, and louder. 

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   My students, colleagues, and I are safe with enormous gratitude to our ever vibrant global village. The time to appropriately express my gratitude will come. But right now there are many who aren’t or increasingly don’t feel safe. I’m broken & devastated for them.
     
   I’m making this statement to mainly reassure the families of our students whose records we burned and our supporters of our safety. As I focus on the safety and well-being of my students, I don’t plan on making any further comments.
 
    Those who have our best interest at heart will respect and honor my decision. Thank you. If you wish to support us, you can donate here: ( Click on this )  https://sola-afghanistan.org/donate 
 

In March 2002, after the fall of Taliban, thousands of Afghan girls were invited to go to the nearest public school to participate in a placement test because the Taliban had burned all female students’ records to erase their existence. I was one of those girls.
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— Shabana Basij-Rasikh (@sbasijrasikh) August 20, 2021

As the world focuses on the dramatic - those Afghans who are managing to get out - the fire in me to invest in the education of Afghan girls who have no way out grows brighter, stronger, and louder.
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— Shabana Basij-Rasikh (@sbasijrasikh) August 20, 2021

My students, colleagues, and I are safe with enormous gratitude to our ever vibrant global village. The time to appropriately express my gratitude will come. But right now there are many who aren’t or increasingly don’t feel safe. I’m broken & devastated for them.
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— Shabana Basij-Rasikh (@sbasijrasikh) August 20, 2021

Those who have our best interest at heart will respect and honor my decision. Thank you. If you wish to support us, you can donate here: https://t.co/FSoDlSxvJx

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— Shabana Basij-Rasikh (@sbasijrasikh) August 20, 2021