Afghanistan - Three journalists arrested over election coverage, contact with Taliban

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Three Afghan journalists based in the provinces have been arrested in separate cases in the past four days because of their coverage of the parliamentary elections or for having contact with the Taliban. Hojatullah Mujadadi, a radio station manager and head of a journalists' association, was arrested by police in the Kapisa valley on 18 September. Rahmatullah Naikzad, a regular contributor to Al Jazeera, was arrested by members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) (...)

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