Calls for release of Kabul University professor detained by Taliban

Prof Faizullah Jalal, an outspoken critic of Afghanistan's ruling group, was arrested for alleged remarks on social media

Supporters of a prominent university professor, and one of Afghanistan's most vocal critics of the Taliban, are calling for his release after he was arrested on Saturday.

Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, was detained by the Taliban after the group claimed he was responsible for a series of messages on social media attacking them.