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Kabul: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called on Afghan authorities to release education activist Matiullah Wesa.
Karzai, in a tweet, said he was disappointed with the arrest of Matiuhulla Wesa, an education activist and appreciated Pen path’s activities in Afghanistan.
“I am disappointed about the arrest of education activist Matiullah Wesa” Karzai said, Adding that the Pen Path have conducted appreciable activities for education in various parts of Afghanistan since 2009.
“I see Wesa and Pen Path’s activities in favour of Afghanistan and call on the care taker government to make utmost efforts to free the activist and cooperate with him to expand his activities,” he added.
Meanwhile, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, also expressed his concern over the arrest of Pen Path founder Wesa and called on Afghan authorities that “his safety is paramount and all his legal rights must be respected,” Bennett said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Wesa, a famous education and human rights activist who advocated for girls’ education and founder of Pen Path, was arrested by the Taliban on Tuesday close to his house in Khoshal Khan in the west of Kabul.
Wesa has created educational opportunities for thousands of girls across Afghanistan since 2009.
