A prominent activist for girls’ education in Afghanistan was arrested by the Taliban on Monday, according to an official, the latest step in its repressive clampdown on the rights of Afghan women. Afghan women protest outside Kabul University as male students return to class “Men, women, elderly, young, everyone from every corner of the country are asking for the Islamic rights to education for their daughters,” Wesa said in his last tweet before his arrest. ”Speaking to CNN on Wednesday, Mahbouba Seraj, Afghan women’s rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, said it was “unbelievable” the Taliban would arrest Wesa who was not “doing anything wrong