Taliban free Afghan activist arrested after campaigning for girls’ education

Matiullah Wesa, pictured reading to students in the Spin Boldak district in the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, has been freed from prison (Siddiqullah Khan/AP)

The Taliban have freed an Afghan activist who campaigned for the education of girls, according to a local nonprofit organisation.

Matiullah Wesa was arrested seven months ago and spent 215 days in prison, according to the group Pen Path.