Founder of all-girls school in Afghanistan burns records to shield students from Taliban | WATCH

The founder of an all-girls boarding school in Afghanistan is burning her students’ records to protect them from the Taliban, who will rule Afghanistan under their hardline interpretation of Sharia Law.

The founder of an all-girls boarding school in Afghanistan is burning her students’ records to protect them from the Taliban. In their previous regime, the Taliban prevented girls from going to school. The insurgent group is known for committing atrocities against women. 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.2/6 pic.twitter.com/JErbZCSPuC 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.4/6 “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. I’m making this statement to mainly reassure the families of our students whose records we burned and our supporters of our safety,” Shabana Basij-Rasikh, founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan, said in a tweet. She also shared a video showing her burning the paperwork.