A spokesman for the Taliban government said Faizullah Jalal, a prominent Afghan university professor who had openly criticized the government, had been arrested in Kabul.
Professor Faizullah Jalal has appeared on television talk shows several times since the fall of the previous US-backed government in August, blaming the Taliban for the worsening financial crisis and for using force to govern them. Criticized.
Since returning to power, the Taliban have cracked down on dissidents, forcibly dispersed women's rights protests, and detained several Afghan journalists for short periods.
According to foreign news agency AFP, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that Professor Jalal had been detained for making a statement on social media on Saturday, in which he said he was "inciting people against the system". Were trying and playing with the dignity of the people.
He added that he had been arrested so that other people would not make comments in the name of being a professor or a scholar that would tarnish the image of others.
Zabihullah Mujahid shared screenshots of the tweets he claimed to have been posted by Professor Jalal, saying the Taliban intelligence chief was a puppet of Pakistan and the new government The donkey understands. Amnesty International condemns the arrest of Professor Faizullah Jalal, Kabul university lecturer for exercising his freedom of expression and criticizing the Taliban on a TV show. We call on the Taliban authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him. #FreeJalal https://t.co/UgZ821qrTv
In a television program, Professor Jalal called Taliban spokesman Muhammad Naeem, who was present on the show, a "calf", which is considered disrespectful in Afghanistan.
Clips of his passionate criticism went viral on social media, raising fears that he was risking the Taliban's revenge.
Professor Jalal's wife, Massouda, who was also Afghanistan's first presidential candidate, wrote on Facebook that her husband had been arrested by the Taliban and was being held at an unknown location.
"Dr. Jalal has fought and spoken for justice and national interest in all his human rights activities," he said.
Professor Jalal, a longtime professor of law and politics at Kabul University, has a reputation as a critic of Afghanistan's leaders.
Amnesty International has condemned the arrest of Professor Jalal and called for his immediate and unconditional release.
The Taliban has formed a cabinet consisting only of men, comprising only Taliban members and especially Pashtuns.
They have further restricted women's right to work and study, which has been condemned internationally.
