The Taliban arrested a civilian in Paktika whose brother had posted critical content on Facebook.
Local sources said on Saturday, January 21, that the young brother of this arrested person was a civil society activist in Paktika before the Taliban takeover and is currently in exile.
This civil activist, whose name is Mohammad Muqtasad, recently criticized the Taliban’s ban on university education for women in a Facebook post.
According to local sources, after this Facebook post, the Taliban arrested Ayaz Bacha, the brother of Mohammad Muqtasad, in Yusuf Khel district of Paktika province.
The Taliban in Paktika have not yet expressed their opinion in this regrad.
It should be mentioned that the Taliban recently arrested a poet in Paktika for writing a critical poem.