The Taliban group has removed the Uzbek language from Jowzjan University’s signboard and installed a new sign displaying only Pashto, Persian, and English languages.
Local sources describe this action as evidence of Taliban’s hostility toward the Uzbek language.
This move is part of Taliban’s linguistic policies that have repeatedly been accused of eliminating Persian, Uzbek, and Turkmen languages over the past four years
. The Taliban had previously removed Persian signs from government offices and destroyed cultural artifacts related to Persian-speaking poets and writers.
These policies have faced criticism and are interpreted as examples of linguistic discrimination and cultural suppression.
The Uzbek language is considered one of Afghanistan’s official languages in Uzbek-majority regions, making this removal particularly significant for the local community.
