Local sources in Baghlan say the Taliban have detained Hikmatullah Turkistani, a civil society activist, in the province.
Sources told Hasht-e Subh Daily on Tuesday, January 27, that Turkistani was arrested by Taliban intelligence after attending and speaking at a local gathering.
The activist is a resident of the Burka district in Baghlan. His place of detention remains unknown.
The arrest of civil society activists by the Taliban is not a new phenomenon. In recent months, there have been multiple reports of the detention of critics of the group in several provinces across Afghanistan.
