Afghan Journalist Released After Months in Detention

Organizations supporting media confirm that Khairullah Parhar, an Afghan sports journalist, who was detained on anonymous charges by the Taliban intelligence unit four months ago has been released on bail.

Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) on Thursday (May 4), reported that Parhar was detained by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence on January 9, on unknown charges in Kabul.

Parhar has been released on bail, however, further details about his release is not known, and the Islamic Emirate authorities have yet to comment in this regard.

Furthermore, Afghanistan Journalists Center has reported that 23 years old Khairullah Parhar has previously served as a sports journalist for the local media in eastern Nangarhar province, including ‘Hameesha TV’ station. The young reporter is the only breadwinner in his family, who lives with his mother and wife in Jalalabad.

This comes as Subhanallah Subhani, a lecturer at a private university was released after spending two months in the Taliban prison.

Since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, the group has been accused of violating human rights, including the arbitrary detention of journalists, civil society activists, university lecturers, former military officials, and those who oppose the group’s policies.

Despite the pressure from the journalists’ advocacy groups and the international community, the Taliban’s crackdown on independent and critical reporting in Afghanistan continues, affecting journalists and media workers the most.  

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