Taliban arrest Afghan girls' education activist in Kabul, UN says
Matiullah Wesa, head of PenPath and advocate for girls' education in Afghanistan speaks to children during a class on May 17, 2022. His brother and the UN said on March 28, 2023 that he had been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul. PHOTO | SANAULLAH SEIAM | AFP
The founder of a project that campaigned for girls' education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the United Nations said on Tuesday.
The Taliban government last year barred girls from attending secondary school and later university, making Afghanistan the only country in the world to issue such restrictions on education.
