(MENAFN- Khaama Press) Some of the lecturers at Sheikh Zahid State University in Khost province of Afghanistan have stated that their salaries have not been paid by the Taliban government in the past three months.
According to them, the Minister of Higher Education for the Taliban has requested a reduction in the monthly salaries of the lecturers at this university.
According to these lecturers on Monday, the Sheikh Zahid Foundation transferred their salaries to the Ministry of Higher Education, however, the Taliban's minister of higher education has told the university officials that the current salaries of the professors are higher and need to be reduced, as reported by Afghanistan International.
“The United Arab Emirates sent the salaries of the lecturers to the Ministry of Higher Education for the Taliban based on the amount determined during the republic, but according to one of the professors at Sheikh Zahid University in Khost, Nida Mohammad Nadim, the Minister of Higher Education, said that the teachers do not deserve such high salaries.”
These professors criticize that the Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education has pressured them to accept lower monthly salaries and has made them concerned about their economic situation.
They say that in the past three months, the Taliban has not paid them the desired salary of the Minister of Higher Education, nor the previously determined salary.
Due to the deteriorating economic situation under the Taliban's rule, the United Arab Emirates has been paying the salaries of professors and staff at Sheikh Zahid University in Khost through the Sheikh Zahid Foundation.
The building of Sheikh Zahid University in Khost was constructed by the United Arab Emirates in Khost, and their financial cooperation with this university continues.
So far, the Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education has not commented on the salaries of lecturers and other administrative staff at Sheikh Zahid University. Approximately 300 instructors/lecturers and administrative staff work at Sheikh Zahid University in Khost.
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