New Delhi: Tolo News reporter was beaten by the Taliban in Kabul, not killed. Cameras, technical equipment and my personal mobile phone have also been hijacked.
Ziar Khan Yaad said that Taliban got out of an armored Land Cruiser and attacked him on gunpoint. He also said that new about his death is false.
I was beaten by the Taliban in Kabul’s New City while reporting. Cameras, technical equipment and my personal mobile phone have also been hijacked
Some people have spread the news of my death which is false.The The Taliban got out of an armored Land Cruiser and hit me at gunpoint— Ziar Khan Yaad (@ziaryaad) August 26, 2021
I still don’t know why they behaved like that and suddenly attacked me. The issue has been shared with Taliban leaders; however, the perpetrators have not yet been arrested, which is a serious threat to freedom of expression.
— Ziar Khan Yaad (@ziaryaad) August 26, 2021
Earlier, Tolonews reported that the reporter was killed by Taliban.
Earlier, Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui, was killed while covering the violence in Afghanistan.
38-year-old Siddiqui, who was the Chief Photographer for Reuters in India, was killed in Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district. A new report published by The Washington Examiner claims that Danish was “not simply killed in the crossfire” but was rather “murdered” by the Taliban.
Afghanistan plunged into crisis after the Taliban entered the presidential palace in the Afghan capital on August 15 and declared its victory over the government after months of violence across the country
India, on August 17, had also announced that it would issue an emergency e-visa to Afghan nationals who want to come to the country in view of the prevailing situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban captured power there.
This is a developing story.
