Afghan YouTuber Released From Detention, Says Taliban’s Police Spokesperson
Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s police spokesperson in Kabul, sent a picture of Homayoun Afghan to journalists and announced the release of this YouTuber.
Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s police spokesperson in Kabul, sent a picture of Homayoun Afghan to journalists and announced the release of this YouTuber.
Simultaneously, a source close to Afghan confirmed his release to Afghanistan International.
The source also said that all four colleagues of this YouTuber have also been released from detention.
Previously, Zadran had announced that Afghan was summoned following a complaint from the family of an elderly woman.
Quoting the family of the woman, he wrote that an unauthorised interview had been broadcast. However, sources close to Afghan say that such an interview had not been published.
On Friday, Zadran wrote on his X social media account that this YouTuber was summoned for clarification, and currently, the matter was under investigation.
According to this Taliban spokesperson, recently Afghan interviewed an elderly woman, and after its broadcast, the family of this woman complained, stating that she had not obtained permission from them to broadcast the interview.
On Thursday, sources informed Afghanistan International that the Taliban detained this YouTuber and four of his colleagues from their office in the Karte Char area in Kabul.
