The arrests were met with international outcry, including calls for the Taliban to stop harassing local journalists and stifling free expression through threats, arrests and intimidation.
The country's new rulers apparently didn't like a story the broadcaster aired on their decision to ban foreign drama series from local television, said Khpalwak Sapai, head of TOLONews, who was among the three arrested.
Moby Group, the media company that owns TOLO TV, said the detentions were"for publishing Tolo news about banning of the foreign drama series," a decision made byThe Afghan-owned media company has interests in South and Central Asia as well as the Middle East and Africa. Neither the Taliban's information and culture ministry nor its intelligence agency responded to requests from the AP for comment.Since sweeping back to power last August, the Taliban have sent erratic signals about what the media landscape will look like under their rule, with international journalists sometimes welcomed and Afghan media often attacked.the chaotic days of the U.S.
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