History and Biodata |
3. Biodata:
Abdul Qadir Qanit was the head of the Kabul religious scholars' council. Qanit had recently appeared in Afghan media as an expert on religious affairs, where he openly criticized the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education. His arrest follows the Taliban’s growing crackdown on voices critical of their policies.(20240930)
The clerics—Abdul Qadir Qanit, Mahmood Hassan, and Abdul Aziz Shuja—were taken into custody by the Taliban’s intelligence agency in recent days after speaking out against the Taliban’s policies, especially the monopoly of power by the Taliban leader in Kandahar, according to sources familiar with the matter. Their whereabouts remain unknown. Qanit had been arrested once before in October 2024 but was released after two days in detention. (20250130) |