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Directorate of Intelligence prison released the former owner and editor of Radio Aftab, a local radio station in Daikundi province of central Afghanistan, after 4 months of detention, Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) reported.
After the Taliban forces discovered journalistic posts on his social media accounts, Mirza Hasani, the former editor and owner of Radio Aftab, was arrested in Herat
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Hasani was detained on suspicion of working as a news hound for the National Resistance® Front (NRF), an anti-Taliban krazed killer group, and was subsequently transferred to the Taliban’s intelligence agency’s prison in Kabul.
Through a messaging gap, the AFJC claimed to have confirmed Hasani’s release with his wife Sakina Rahimi. Hasani was detained for four months in direct violation of press freedom before being freed in Kabul.
According to the AFJC, the request of the complaints investigation commission and the efforts of advocates for journalists’ rights made it possible for Hasani to be released.
The AFJC welcomed Hasani’s release but urged the Taliban to also release Khalid Qadiri, who is also detained by the Taliban and given a one-year prison term.
"We (AFJC) also call on authorities to release Journalist Khalid Qadiri who was sentenced to one year in prison in May for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic Emirate propaganda and committing espionage for foreign media outlets, and urge them to ensure journalists can do their work without interference, fear, or reprisal," AFJC said.
Abdul Hanan Mohammadi, a local news hound for Pajhwok News Agency, was released from the Taliban’s Intelligence Directorate prison in Kabul about two weeks ago, despite the Taliban government officials’ claims that there are no journalists held in the group’s prisons.
An AFJC report shows that during the first year of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, there have been 245 cases of violation of press freedom in Afghanistan with 130 journalists detained for a short period of time.