The Taliban forces have arrested a rights activist working on girls' rights in Afghanistan. According to the family, the UK-based Independent said on Monday that the 26-year-old Wazir Khan was taken from the residence of the capital Kabul on February 23.
Wazir Khan's brother Amir Khan told Jyland the Independent that four Taliban officers arrested Wazir from Kabul's Bootkhak area. He was later tied his eyes and hands to a center of the General Directorate of Intelligence.
Amir Khan said, 'We still do not know where Wazir is, how it is. It's been more than seven days, but he has no search. '
Wazir Khan has been operating a non -profit company called 'Today Child' since 2022. The organization's goal is to promote education in the rural areas of Afghanistan.
Samantha Linting, a human rights activist, has been working with Wazir Khan for two years. “He (Wazir) was preaching for both boys and girls, which allowed them to be 12 years of age under Sharia law. Yet he has been arrested. '
Samantha said Wazir Khan used the hashtag 'Let Afghan girls learn' on social media. It probably came to the notice of the Taliban.
No formal statement has been made on Wazir Khan's arrest by the Taliban so far. However, the arrest of people working for girls' education is not the first.
The Taliban also arrested the country's educationist Matiullah Wesa in March 2021. Matiullah was working to expand education through mobile library in rural areas of Afghanistan. Although he was released after being imprisoned for 20 days, he is now rarely seen in public.
It should be noted that the Taliban have banned education for girls after the sixth grade in Afghanistan for the past three years. As a result, millions of girls and women are being deprived of education.
Human rights organizations have been vocal in demanding the release of Wazir Khan. However, the silence of the Taliban on this issue has become a cause for concern.
