News Center- Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, women have been deprived of their rights such as their right to education, to work and to make decisions on their lives. While volunteer teachers and lecturers try to provide education for girls and women in a secret way, they face oppression by the Taliban.

Professor Ismail Mashal, founder of the private Mashal University in Kabul and a lecturer at Kabul University, who protested the ban on women's education, was arrested and transferred to an unknown location by the Taliban forces for, according to local people, giving books to people, particularly to girls and women in Kabul.

 Professor Ismail Mashal previously made a statement in January against the Taliban’s ban on women’s education, “I will protest against the ban on women's education even if it means my death. Men must stand up for women. The only power I have is my pen, even if they kill me, even if they tear me to pieces, I will not stay silent now.”

His family has expressed their concern about his life. The Taliban forces have not made any statement about the reason for his arrest.