RASC: In response to the arrest of a poet and writer from Panjshir on Friday, July 14, the American organization (Freedom Now) demanded the immediate release of this poet and writer by publishing a tweet from the Taliban group.
Haseeb Ahrari, a poet and writer from Panjshir, who has been detained by the Taliban for at least 45 days, still has no information about his fate.
According to this organization, Ahrari, the poet of Panjshiri has been unjustly detained by the Taliban group for 45 days and should be released immediately.
This institution said that Ahrari’s arrest shows the continuous suppression of civil society in Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban group.
Freddom Now, added that in addition to Mr. Ahrari, all civil society members who are unjustly arrested by the Taliban group and kept in the prisons of this group should be released.
The Taliban group has not yet said anything regarding the reason for Mr. Ahrari’s arrest.
Haseeb Ahrari was arrested on Thursday, May 28, from his house in Khairkhana area of Kabul city.
Not long ago, Mr. Ahrari’s wife said that no institution paid attention to their lawsuit.
This is despite the fact that after the Taliban took control of the country, many elites fled the country, and some who remained were arrested or imprisoned by this group in many cases. It should be mentioned that Matiullah Wisa, an activist in the field of education, Mortaza Behbodhi, a French-Afghanistani journalist, and some civil society activists are in Taliban prisons.
