Afghanistan: Taliban arrests professor who criticized senior official
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The Taliban have arrested a Kabul university professor who famously berated a senior official on live television, a sign of the intensifying crackdown on critics of Afghanistan’s new regime.
Taliban chief spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed the arrest of Mr. Jalal on Twitter, calling the professor a "fanatic" who used social media to incite people. Mr. Mujahid posted screenshots of a social-media account posting anti-Taliban messages in the professor’s name.
Mr. Jalal’s family members, who run his official Twitter account, said the account in the screenshots was fake. Mr. Jalal’s daughter, Hasina, told The Wall Journal that the family hadn’t been able to contact the professor since Saturday afternoon local time.
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