{"id":81761,"date":"2022-02-03T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81761"},"modified":"2022-02-03T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T13:41:37","slug":"two-afghan-journalists-released-after-taliban-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/81761-two-afghan-journalists-released-after-taliban-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Afghan journalists released after Taliban detention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f5\u06f6-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f5\u06f6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f5\u06f6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f5\u06f6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f5\u06f6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/02\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f3_\u06f0\u06f5-\u06f0\u06f9-\u06f5\u06f6.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Afghan journalists detained by the Taliban earlier this week were released Wednesday, the news editor of their media organization said.<br>Since returning to power in August the Taliban have increasingly cracked down on dissent, and local journalists have been beaten and intimidated while covering protests.<br>On Monday Ariana TV reporters Waris Hasrat and Aslam Hijab were detained by the Taliban, according to the Afghan Media Association, a newly founded journalists\u2019 rights group.<br>A Taliban spokesman said he did not have any information on the pair, but both the United Nations and Amnesty International blamed the hard-line group for their abduction.<br>Ali Asghari, news editor of Ariana News, told AFP both had been released \u201cafter being found guiltless.\u201d<br>He said no further details could be released for security reasons.<br>Their arrest came two weeks after a pair of female activists went missing after participating in a Kabul protest calling for women\u2019s rights.<br>The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed concern for them and four of their relatives, who all remain missing.<br>The Taliban have denied any knowledge of their whereabouts and say they are investigating the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Afghan journalists detained by the Taliban earlier this week were released Wednesday, the news editor of their media organization said.Since returning to power in August the Taliban have increasingly cracked down on dissent, and local journalists have been beaten and intimidated while covering protests.On Monday Ariana TV reporters Waris Hasrat and Aslam Hijab were &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,7,31],"tags":[1998,1233,44],"class_list":["post-81761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-islam","category-news","tag-afghan","tag-journalists","tag-taliban"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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