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Taliban detain two journalists in northern Afghanistan, sources say

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban intelligence has detained two journalists in the northern province of Takhar, local sources said on Wednesday. The two reporters, Asadullah Timur and Sayed Munir Hadaf, were affiliated with Tasweer, a local weekly publication. They were reportedly arrested on Wednesday, May 8, by Taliban intelligence agents in the provincial capital. The reasons for their detention remain unclear, and the Taliban have not publicly ac…
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The Afghan Journalists Center has confirmed the arrest of three journalists by the Taliban in Takhar and called for their immediate release. Ariana News TV reporter Nasratullah Ibrahimi, Munir Hadaf and Asadullah Taimur, two independent journalists, have been in Taliban custody for several days. A local journalist in Takhar told the Afghan Journalists Center that the journalists were arrested by the criminal branch of the Taliban’s security comm…

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تلویزیون آمو broke the news in on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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