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March 28, 2023

Taliban Arrests Leader of Campaign to Educate Afghan Women and Girls
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In Afghanistan, the Taliban has arrested a prominent education advocate
who publicly criticized the Taliban's restrictions on girls going to
school. Matiullah Wesa is the founder of Pen Path, a group that traveled
across Afghanistan campaigning to bring education to rural areas. In his
last post on social media, Wesa shared a video showing Pen Path women
volunteers protesting for the right to education. He wrote, "Men, women,
elderly, young, everyone from every corner of the country are asking for
the Islamic rights to education for their daughters."


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