United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the release of rights activist, Zarifa Yaqoobi, but has urged the Taliban to provide information on the whereabouts of other detained activists. Several Afghan rights activists remain in Taliban’s custody.
Zarifa Yaqoobi and her colleagues had been arrested by the Taliban in Kabul on November 3 when they wanted to announce the start of a new civil rights movement.
On Monday, Fawzia Kofi, a former member of the Afghan House of Representatives, announced that Yaqoobi has been released from the Taliban prison.
In the past month, the Taliban have arrested several women rights activists in Afghanistan. After their return to power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed restrictions on women across Afghanistan.
Previously, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had told reporters in a meeting that women under the rule of the Taliban have been excluded from almost all areas of life in a systematic manner.
