Afghan Journalist's Family Says Wafa Released From Taliban’s Custody

A family member of Aziz Ahmad Wafa, a correspondent for Nangarhar National Radio and Television, confirmed to Afghanistan International that Wafa has been released from Taliban prison.

The Taliban intelligence agency had arrested Wafa more than three months ago for no apparent reason.

Wafa's family allege that he was tortured by the Taliban intelligence officials.

Meanwhile, a source from Nangarhar National Radio and Television told Afghanistan International's Pashto section that Aziz Ahmad Wafa had been dismissed from his job by the TV department.

In the past four months, the Taliban has arrested about nine journalists without clear reasons and then released some while others are still in the group's custody.

The Taliban's arbitrary detention and torture of journalists has repeatedly drawn widespread reactions from human rights organisations.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said that journalists in Afghanistan continue to face arbitrary arrests.