Watchdog announces release of three local journalists from Taliban custody

The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) has reported that the Taliban authorities released three local journalists who were detained in the provinces of Paktia, Kunar, and Uruzgan last month.

In a statement on Saturday, the AFJC announced that Habibullah Sarab, a reporter for Ariana News TV in southern Paktia province, and Parwiz Sargand, a freelance reporter in eastern Kunar province, were released from the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) detention center in Kabul.