Afghan president calls for release of journalists
By The Associated Press
This article was published September 23, 2010 at 8:58 a.m.
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai is calling for the quick release of three Afghan journalists — two held by the coalition and the other by Afghan security forces.
Karzai on Thursday instructed the Ministry of Information and Culture to follow up on the detentions and work for their quick release.
A cameraman for al-Jazeera was arrested Wednesday at his home in Kandahar. A second al-Jazeera cameraman who also has been supplying news tips, photos and film to The Associated Press was arrested Monday in his home in Ghazni province.
The coalition suspects the two cameramen of working with the Taliban to spread insurgent propaganda.
Afghan police on Saturday arrested a third journalist who works for the state-run Radio Television Afghanistan in Kapisa province.
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