Kabul

Two Afghan journalists covering the women's protests in Kabul have been detained and severely beaten by Taliban security forces.

دیده‌بان حقوق بشر امروز گفت که مقامات طالبان در افغانستان روزنامه‌نگاران را بازداشت و مورد تعرض قرار داده و محدودیت‌های تازه‌ای را بر کار رسانه‌ها اعمال کرده‌اند. طالبان باید حملات را متوقف کنند ...@hrw https://t.co/XjXJzDQJMx

— اطلاعات روز | Etilaatroz (@Etilaatroz) September 8, 2021

On Tuesday, Taliban security forces detained Tarqi Daryabu and Nemat Naqbi, journalists from Etilaat-e Roz.

The pair had been covering protests by women in Kabul demanding an end to Taliban violations of the rights of women and girls.

Painful. Afghan journalists from @Etilaatroz, Nemat Naqdi & Taqi Daryabi, display wounds sustained from Taliban torture & beating while in custody after they were arrested for reporting on a women’s rally in #Kabul, #Afghanistan.#JournalismIsNotACrime https://t.co/jt631nRB69 pic.twitter.com/CcIuCy6GVw

— Marcus Yam 文火 (@yamphoto) September 8, 2021

Elitaat-e Roz reported that Taliban authorities took the two men to a police station and put them in separate cells before severely beating them.