Afghan reporters ‘completely beaten by Taliban after covering demonstration’

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    Neamat Naqdi (left) and Taqi Daryabi (right) showing the bruises left on their bodies by the Taliban, Neamat Naqdi showing horrific bruising on his thigh. Two Etilaat Roz journalists said the Taliban arrested and beat them while they were covering protests in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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    Neamat Naqdi and Taqi Daryabi were supposedly detained while covering females’s demonstrations for a regional paper (Pictures: AFP)

    Two reporters in Afghanistan have stated the Taliban detained them and completely beat them up for simply doing their tasks.

    Protesters required to the streets in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban revealed its brand-new cabinet, which does not have a single female in it.

    Neamat Naqdi and Taqi Daryabi, who work for the regional Etilaat Roz paper, were covering the presentations when they were‘arrested, insulted and kicked’

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    Mr Naqdi states he was informed: ‘You are lucky you weren’ t beheaded’.

    He and his coworker were launched a couple of hours later on with bloodcurdling injuries on their backs, thighs and deals with.

    Mr Naqdi was obviously detained when he began taking images of the demonstration and Taliban fighters informed him he‘cannot film’

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    ‘They arrested all those who were filming and took their phones,’ he informed the worldwide news company Agence France-Presse (AFP).

    Although Mr Naqdi handled to hand his video camera to somebody in the crowd prior to anybody might get it, the reporter stated 3 Taliban fighters acquired him and took him to the police headquarters.

    Fighters from the militant Islamist group obviously implicated Mr Naqdi of arranging the demonstration and after that they assaulted him.

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    Neamat Naqdi (left) and Taqi Daryabi (right) showing the bruises left on their bodies by the Taliban. Two Etilaat Roz journalists said the Taliban arrested and beat them while they were covering protests in Kabul, Afghanistan.

    Neamat Naqdi (left) and Taqi Daryabi (right) remained in a lot discomfort they might stagnate (Picture: AFP)

    Neamat Naqdi showing horrific bruising on his thigh. Two Etilaat Roz journalists said the Taliban arrested and beat them while they were covering protests in Kabul, Afghanistan.

    Taliban fighters obviously informed their victim: ‘You are lucky you weren’ t beheaded’ (Picture: AFP)

    Mr Naqdi stated he was then required to a cell filled with other detainees where he discovered Mr Daryabi who had actually likewise been detained while reporting on the discontent.

    ‘We were in so much pain that we couldn’ t relocation. They see us as opponents,’ Mr Daryabi stated.

    It comes as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) gotten in touch with the Taliban to ‘immediately cease detaining journalists in Afghanistan, end the use of violence against them, and allow the media to operate freely and without fear of reprisal’.

    The press flexibility guard dog released a declaration after a minimum of 14 press reporters were apprehended and launched by the Taliban over Tuesday andWednesday No less than 6 of these individuals went through violence while being apprehended.

    Neamat Naqdi wincing as someone helps to take off his shirt. Two Etilaat Roz journalists said the Taliban arrested and beat them while they were covering protests in Kabul, Afghanistan.

    Neamat Naqdi had actually been so severely harmed, it hurt to take his t-shirt off (Picture: AFP)

    Neamat Naqdi and Taqi Daryabi sit in their office after being released from Taliban custody in Kabul. Two Etilaat Roz journalists said the Taliban arrested and beat them while they were covering protests in Kabul, Afghanistan.

    Taqi Daryabi stated the Taliban sees reporters as ‘enemies’ (Picture: AFP)

    This has all took place regardless of the Taliban formerly assuring the complimentary and independent media would be permitted to continue to run securely inAfghanistan

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    The Etilaat Roz ‘s chief Zaki Daryabi said: ‘This official speech is totally different from the reality that can be observed on the ground.’

    Echoing comparable ideas, the CPJ’s Asia program organizer Steven Butler stated the Taliban’s previous guarantees were‘worthless’

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    The Taliban has actually not reacted to duplicated ask for remark from AFP.

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