Afghan police arrest man intimidating girls not to attend schools

A man has been detained in Afghan capital Kabul for intimidating girls not to go to schools, a local newspaper reported Saturday.

"The police took into custody a young man named Jaffar in Kabul on Wednesday while he was posting pamphlets on the walls of a girls'school, warning them of dire consequences if they continue to attend classes," The Daily Afghanistan quoted a police official Fahim Kohdamani as saying.

Jaffar admitted he had posted anti-government and anti-girls' education leaflets at several girls'schools and Kabul University, Kohdamani said.

The newspaper did not say what pushed Jaffar to carry out such activities.

However, Taliban militias, who have staged a violent comeback in Afghanistan two years ago, banned education for girls and confined women to their houses during its five-year reign before being toppled in late 2001.

Source: Xinhua