2 Journalists Arrested in Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

Source: NYT

KABUL, Afghanistan — Two Afghan journalists were arrested during raids on their homes in the early hours of Monday and Wednesday on suspicion of collaborating with the Taliban, according to the United States military.

The arrests of the journalists came about because “coalition and Afghan forces have a responsibility to interdict the activities of these insurgent propaganda networks,” a spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, Maj. Sunset Belinsky, said in an e-mailed statement.

The journalists included a staff correspondent for Al Jazeera, Mohammed Naderi, arrested about 4 a.m. Wednesday in Kandahar, and a freelancer who worked both for Al Jazeera and The Associated Press, Rahmatullah Nekzad, arrested just after midnight Monday in Ghazni, according to accounts by colleagues and family members Wednesday.

The international forces initially did not announce the arrests of journalists, saying only that Taliban “facilitators” had been detained.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/world/asia/23afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[DCKit]

1. I'm very appreciative of Al Jazeera's "This is what happened" approach to the news.

Guess pro-U.S., pro-Afghanistan regime propaganda is the only news they'll allow.

[bananas]

2. The headline now says three journalists were arrested

The article doesn't indicate that it has been updated.

3 Journalists Arrested in Afghanistan
By ROD NORDLAND
Published: September 22, 2010

KABUL, Afghanistan — International forces arrested two Afghan journalists during raids of their homes in the early hours of Monday and Wednesday on suspicion of collaborating with the Taliban, the United States military said Wednesday.

On Saturday, the Afghan intelligence agency also arrested a radio reporter who was the leader of the Kapisa Province journalists’ association, according to a spokesman for the governor, who would not say what the charges were.

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