Campaigner for girls’ education arrested in Afghanistan

Only younger girls can attend school in Afghanistan (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

An Afghan human rights activist who has campaigned for girls’ education has been arrested in Kabul.

The UN mission in Afghanistan said Matiullah Wesa, founder and president of Pen Path — a non-governmental group that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library — was arrested in Kabul on Monday.