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Afghan girls' education activist arrested in Kabul, says UN
An Afghan rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been arrested in Kabul, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Prominent girls' rights activist arrested in Afghanistan
A prominent activist who campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been arrested by Taliban authorities in Kabul.
Source: standard.co.uk
UPDATES: From Afghanistan - "Even If They Threaten to Shut Our Schools, We Will Fight for Education"
Matiullah Wesa, whose Pen Path has opened more than 100 schools in Afghanistan: "Please don’t take away our education and our rights."
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Taliban arrest Afghanistan's prominent women's education activist
Matiullah Wesa, a prominent flagbearer of women's right to study in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, was arrested by country's hardliner administration on Monday in Kabul when he came out of a mosque. Wesa is the founder-president of Pen Path, a non-profit which with its extensive pan-Afghanistan network of volunteers, continues to provide education to young Afghans including country's women who have been barred from attending high schools and universities by Taliban.
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