Local sources in Herat have confirmed that after Alia’s arrest, dozens of female bloggers, out of fear of a similar fate, have not only stopped their digital activities but have also deleted their entire content archives.

Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has warned that the Taliban’s ban on the education of women and girls constitutes “extremism” and puts the future of Afghanistan at risk of destruction.

Sources in Islamabad say that a young Afghan woman fell from the ninth floor of an apartment in the B-17 area and died.

Local sources in Herat say that Alia Malorin, a well-known blogger, was arrested by officials of the Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue on Thursday (September 25) while eating at the “Borj Sadaf” restaurant.