Taliban Arrest Afghanistan's TOLOnews Cameraman For Filming Kabul Protest
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Hundreds of Kabul residents protested today raising slogans like "Death to Pakistan" and "Pakistan, leave Afghanistan".
The Taliban militia have arrested Wahid Ahmadi, a cameraperson with TOLOnews, Afghanistan's first 24-hours news and current affairs television network, for covering today's massive protests in Kabul against Pakistan's alleged interference in the war-torn country. Our colleague Waheed Ahmady, who has covered many frontlines over the years, is arrested by the Taliban in Kabul for filming Afghan women's protest. I call on the Taliban to release our colleague asap. https://t.co/Ab0oETTWfX Video: Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in front of Pakistan's embassy in Kabul on Monday. They dispersed after Taliban forces fired into the air.#TOLOnewspic.twitter.com/qV2QaNgOme Mr Ahmadi was arrested while filming the protest, TOLOnews said. The channel's head, Lotfullah Najafizada, called upon the terrorist group to release the journalist. Hundreds of Kabul residents came out on the city streets today in protest against what they said was meddling by Pakistan in Afghanistan's affairs, three weeks after the Taliban's takeover. In videos shared by local journalists on social media, the crowds were heard shouting slogans like "Death to Pakistan", "We don't want a Pakistani puppet government", and "Pakistan, leave Afghanistan", among others.More Related News