Baghlan Education Director Ghulam Mahayuddin Paikan Haidari on Sunday said more than 80 schools have remained closed in the province due to security threats and ongoing clashes between security forces and insurgents.

Haidari said thousands of students will be deprived of education if the schools were not reopened.

“Suppose if 500 students study in one school, and then the total number of students in 80 schools will reach to 40,000. The closure of schools happens few times in a year; it is not a long term problem,” he said.

Meanwhile, a number of displaced families from Baghlan’s volatile areas said their children have been deprived of education due to conflicts.

“Our children will forget whatever they have learned at mosques and schools, because we have left our home due to insecurity and they do not have access to school here in the Pul-e-Khumri city,” Alamgul, a resident of Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan.

“We left our homes due to the war and now we are away from school. We want peace,” said Abdul Wali, a student in the province.

“We left our village due to clashes and now we are deprived of school. We want peace and stability,” said Peshawori, another student in Baghlan.