Taliban Sentences Journalist to One Year in Prison in Daikundi

The Taliban’s primary court in central Daikundi province has sentenced Sultan Ali Jawadi, a local journalist and the manager of Radio Nasim, a local radio station in the province, to one year in prison. He is accused of propagating against the regime in Afghanistan.

According to local sources, the Taliban court also accused Jawadi of collaborating with foreign media and engaging in espionage for foreign countries. Jawadi and his colleagues were arrested by the Taliban agents in October. While his colleagues were released later, Jawadi has remained in Taliban custody since that time.