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Afghan leader, U.S. envoy rebuke Kabul's spy agency over activist's detention
Source: Washington Post
Afghan leader, U.S. envoy rebuke Kabul’s spy agency over activist’s detention
By Susannah George
11/27/2019, 4:38:00 a.m.
KABUL — The detention by Afghan intelligence officials of a civil society activist who revealed widespread child abuse in one province is drawing criticism from the country’s president and the U.S. ambassador, in a rare public rebuke of Kabul’s main spy agency.
The activist, Mohammad Musa Mahmudi, has reported on allegations of the sexual abuse of boys in Afghanistan’s Logar province. On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said it was holding him in custody “for his own safety.”
U.S. Ambassador John Bass said he was “deeply disturbed” by the move, while Afghan President Ashraf Ghani criticized the agency’s handling of the situation.
“It’s appalling to coerce confessions from civil society activists whose goal is to protect #Afghan children,” Bass said in a tweet Tuesday.
Ghani tweeted that he had “immediately instructed NDS to stop the proceedings” after being briefed Tuesday on the matter. He added that he had instructed the Education Ministry to investigate.
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By Susannah George
11/27/2019, 4:38:00 a.m.
KABUL — The detention by Afghan intelligence officials of a civil society activist who revealed widespread child abuse in one province is drawing criticism from the country’s president and the U.S. ambassador, in a rare public rebuke of Kabul’s main spy agency.
The activist, Mohammad Musa Mahmudi, has reported on allegations of the sexual abuse of boys in Afghanistan’s Logar province. On Tuesday, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said it was holding him in custody “for his own safety.”
U.S. Ambassador John Bass said he was “deeply disturbed” by the move, while Afghan President Ashraf Ghani criticized the agency’s handling of the situation.
“It’s appalling to coerce confessions from civil society activists whose goal is to protect #Afghan children,” Bass said in a tweet Tuesday.
Ghani tweeted that he had “immediately instructed NDS to stop the proceedings” after being briefed Tuesday on the matter. He added that he had instructed the Education Ministry to investigate.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/afghan-leader-us-envoy-rebuke-kabuls-spy-agency-over-activists-detention/2019/11/27/7ccfaf12-10d7-11ea-924c-b34d09bbc948_story.html
Link to tweet