Afghan-Turk Boys High School in Shibirghan was raided by members of the Afghan security forces early Saturday morning and detained Turkish teachers, dozens of students and their parents in order to seize the school at the request of Turkish government.
Reportedly the security forces were under the command of Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostum, controversial First Vice President of Afghanistan, and a close friend of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The school has been surrounded by the militias of the Dostum who do not allow anyone to enter or leave the School premises. According to the school administration, no legal justification has been provided so far, and militias used violent measures to protesting students and teachers.
A reliable source told Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) that the Governor of Jowzjan province together with the Police Chief will join the raid on both Afghan-Turk Boys High School and Afghan-Turk Girls High School in Shibirghan city at 6:00am local time on Saturday.
It was said that the Governor of Jowzjan was in Kabul over the past three days to coordinate the raid with the Office of First Vice President Rashid Dostum and the Turkish embassy. It was also reported that the raids have been approved and supported by the Office of First Vice President, who recently returned from Turkey.
The Turkish government has increasingly put pressure on the government of Afghanistan to either shut down or transfer ownership of the Afghan-Turk Schools to the Maarif Foundation which is affiliated to and supported by the Turkish government.
Turkish officials and the Turkish Embassy in Kabul have continuously targeted the schools and its staff over the past few years. The unlawful and politically motivated measures taken within recent months against the Afghan-Turk Schools have been perpetuated by the Turkish government.
The Afghan-Turk Boys High School and Afghan-Turk Girls High School in Shibirghan city have been operated Turkish and local businessmen affiliated with the Gülen movement.
It was claimed that Turkish President Erdoğan made a secret deal with Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostum who returned from Turkey to Afghanistan last week. The raid on school today is taking place in Uzbek-dominated Jowzjan province.
In April 2018, Turkish embassy also involved in another provocative raid on a school affiliated with the Gülen movement in Mazar-e Sharif, the Northern city of Afghanistan, but failed when locals mobilized to protect the school and its staff. Parents collected 1 million petitions against transfer to Islamist Erdoğan’s Maarif Foundation.
Schools that are close to the Gülen movement in Afghanistan operated under Afghan-Turk ÇAĞ Educational NGO, have won 875 awards in international science Olympiads from 2003 through 2016 — 278 gold, 287 silver and 310 bronze medals.
Taliban shut down these school in 2001 but they were re-opened in post-Taliban era and often received praises in contributing to rebuilding the future of Afghanistan. Some 10,000 kids including 2,000 girls enrolled in the schools.
Yesterday a Turkish national who was the general manager of the Gülen movement affiliated schools in Mongolia, Veysel Akçay was attempted to be abducted by Turkish intelligence officials.
from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2018/07/28/afghan-security-forces-raided-gulen-linked-high-school-in-shibirghan/
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