Taliban free Afghan activist arrested after campaigning for women’ training

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have freed an Afghan activist who campaigned for the training of ladies, an area nonprofit group mentioned Thursday. Matiuallah Wesa was arrested seven months in the past and spent 215 days in jail, based on the group, Pen Path.

Wesa has been outspoken in his calls for for women to have the correct to go to highschool and repeatedly referred to as on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse its bans on feminine training.

Since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have barred ladies from faculty past the sixth grade. Final December, they banned girls from going to universities. Afghanistan is the one nation on the earth with restrictions on feminine training.

Pen Path gave no additional particulars on Wesa’s launch or his situation.

Previous to the arrest, Wesa and others from Pen Path launched a door-to-door marketing campaign to advertise ladies’ training.

“Now we have been volunteering for 14 years to achieve individuals and convey the message for women’ training,” Wesa mentioned in social media posts. “Throughout the previous 18 months we campaigned house-to-house with a view to eradicate illiteracy and to finish all our miseries.”

Wesa’s brother Attaullah mentioned Taliban forces surrounded the household residence in late March, beat members of the family, and confiscated Matiullah’s cell phone.