Professor Mashal, a university lecturer and outspoken campaigner for women’s education in Afghanistan, was arrested by the Taliban government on 2 February. More than 10 days later, his family has no information on his whereabouts. “His children have been crying – they miss him,” said a member of Ismail Mashal’s family. “They keep going to the gate and asking why he’s not coming home.”

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