Taliban arrested Sakhidad Sangin, a university professor in Badakhshan province, on March 26 for the second time and have kept him in custody since the last 15 days. According to sources close to Sangin’s family, charges regarding his detentions have not been revealed yet.
This is the second time that the university professor has been detained by the Taliban.
According to the sources, the Taliban officials stormed Sangin’s room in 2022 during which they searched his room, beat him up, and confiscated his mobile phone and computer.
The sources also added that the Taliban has access to information about Sangin through his electronic devices.
It has been said that the Taliban has access to Sangin's mobile phone and use his social media accounts to contact his friends.
People close to Sangin's family said that the Taliban first filed a case against Sangin using information from his phone and computer, based on which he had been questioned by the Ministry of Higher Education.
However, on Sunday, Taliban intelligence arrested this university professor when he was on his way home. Sangin's relatives said that his family did not know about his fate for 72 hours and during this time, the Taliban tortured the university professor.
Sakhidad Sangin is an Ismaili Hazara and a resident of Baghlan province. The university professor has been a critic of the Taliban’s ban on the education of girls and women in Afghanistan.
