Kabul. According to local sources in Helmand, the Taliban have arrested a private TV reporter named Zawan Takal in the province.
Zawan Takal is a local journalist in Helmand and currently works for a private television station called Helaa.
The Taliban’s Director of Information and Culture in Helmand says the young man was arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs into a Helmand prison.
He added that the reporter wanted to take drugs to the relatives of the detainees in the Helmand prison who were detained by the Taliban during a search.
The Taliban have recently continued to arrest the journalists in various parts of Afghanistan.
SAARC Journalist Forum, SJF Afghanistan Chapter demands Taliban to investigate truth about journalist Zawan Takal and release immediately if he found innocent.
