Group of women take to Kabul streets to protest detentionThe Taliban have arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of successive Afghan governments, including the new rulers in Kabul, the group’s spokesman said on Sunday. Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet that professor Faizuallah Jalal was being held by the Taliban’s intelligence arm. They chanted: “Talking is not a crime, professor Jalal is not a criminal.”The arrest of a prominent political activist was certain to complicate the country’s humanitarian aid efforts. I ask for the immediate release of my father Professor Faizuallah Jalal,” she tweeted. TOLO TV, Afghanistan’s largest station on which Mr. Jalal was a frequent commentator, tweeted that Mr. Jalal was arrested “reportedly for making allegations against government departments, a security source said.”

Source: The Hindu January 09, 2022 21:22 UTC