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Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of two Afghan educational activists who were arrested by the Taliban security forces in mid-October in Kabul. In a statement released late on Friday, the organization claimed that Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Seddiqullah Afghan, two activists working with the education organization Fekre Behtar, had been arbitrarily arrested. “They are accused of working against the Taliban de-facto authorities,” Amnesty said, adding that the arrest was against international human rights law. Since returning to power, the Taliban government …

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