Taliban Arrests Head of Justice and Development Party
Jawad Hussaini, the head of the Justice and Development party in Afghanistan, has been arrested by the Taliban at his house on Wednesday, July 20th, Afghanistan International’s sources confirmed.
Jawad Hussaini, the head of the Justice and Development party in Afghanistan, has been arrested by the Taliban at his house on Wednesday, July 20th, Afghanistan International’s sources confirmed.
According to the sources, Taliban raided Hussaini’s house and office and detained him and his guests. Sources added that Hussaini is being arrested for the second time by the Taliban. Hussaini’s relatives said that they aren’t aware of his whereabouts.
Hussiani has been one of the Taliban’s critics and over the past few months. He has called for the formation of an inclusive government and has demanded rights for the Shia community in Afghanistan.
Earlier, Hussaini had criticised the Taliban and said that there was no representation of Shias in the Taliban government. Hussaini had also stressed that their demands for Shia rights have not been considered.
He had said that recognition of Shia jurisprudence is the demand of the Shia community of Afghanistan and the Taliban should recognize it. Jawad Hussaini believed that the lack of formation of an inclusive government is a crisis in the country and stated that the Taliban government is a one-party, one-ethnic group government.
The Taliban has not yet commented on his arrest.
The arrest comes even as UNAMA on Wednesday, July 20th , released a report condemning the Taliban’s arbitrary arrests and killing of their opposition. Later, the Taliban’s spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid in a tweet denied the report and called it baseless accusations.
However, evidence show that arbitrary arrests continue to happen and the raid at Hussaini’s house is an example.
