Afghan Journalist Detained In Taliban’s Continued Crackdown On Independent Media
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 22, 2024 The Taliban has detained another Afghan journalist in the country’s capital, Kabul, in a continuing crackdown on independent media in Afghanistan. Media watchdog the Afghanistan Journalist Center (AFJC) said Taliban intelligence officers detained Ehsan Akbari, an Afghan reporter for Japan’s Kyodo news agency. “The arrest of this journalist shows