KABUL (Reuters) – Two journalists working with the United Nations have been detained alongside with a number of Afghan staff, the organisation’s refugee company mentioned on Friday.
“Two journalists on project with UNHCR and Afghan nationals working with them have been detained in Kabul,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees company (UNHCR) mentioned in a tweet.
“We are doing our utmost to resolve the state of affairs, in coordination with others,” it mentioned, including it could not present any additional data.
The Taliban administration’s safety and intelligence company, the National Directorate of Security, mentioned it had no data on the matter.
“We haven’t any details about them, when and the place they’ve disappeared, we have not reached any data but; we’re looking for data,” mentioned NDS spokesperson Khalil Hamraz, including the directorate was in contact with the inside ministry concerning the subject.
There was no indication what prompted the detentions.
U.N. companies make use of journalists to report on their work all over the world.
Since the Taliban took over the nation in August, considerations have grown over a crackdown on dissent. The U.N. has repeatedly raised alarm over lacking ladies’s rights activists in latest weeks.
Foreign nations have refused to recognise the Taliban-led administration however have ramped up engagement as they attempt to avert a large humanitarian disaster stemming from an financial system stalled by sanctions and a halt in growth funding because the group took over.
A Taliban delegation visited Geneva this week for talks with assist companies and conferences with Swiss officers. The Swiss Foreign Ministry mentioned it deliberate to name on the Taliban to respect human rights and worldwide humanitarian regulation.
(Reporting by Kabul and Islamabad newsrooms; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Frances Kerry)
