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Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path, a volunteer-run organization that fights for the rights of Afghan girls to go to school.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Matiullah Wesa is the founder and president of Pen Path — a local nongovernmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library. He was reportedly detained on Monday.

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Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called on the Taliban to release education activist Matiullah Wesa, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported.

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Matiullah Wesa, whose Pen Path organization worked to ensure education access for all Afghans, was detained over “his activities and high-level meetings with Westerners.” Source

Matiullah Wesa was detained by the Islamists after tweeting that Afghans want their daughters to be educated. The UN says his arrest is “alarming”.

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Matiullah Wesa, the founder of an Afghan girls' education project, was arrested in Kabul by Taliban authorities