Taliban intelligence men came in the night to arrest three staff of TOLO TV, one of Afghanistan's largest television stations, a channel executive said Friday. Moby Group, the media company that owns TOLO TV, said the detentions were "for publishing TOLO news about banning of the foreign drama series," a decision made by the Taliban's Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Ministry.
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Sapai, and Nafay Khaleeq, the station's legal adviser, were released within hours, but the station presenter, Bahram Aman was still in custody Friday, Sapai said.
The arrests sparked an international outcry, including broader demands from the UN and the Committee to Protect Journalists for the country's rulers to stop harassing local journalists and stifling free expression through threats, arrests, and intimidation.
The CPJ statement said the Taliban's intelligence service denied the arrests.
