, April 26 -- According to Committee To Protect Journalists (CPJ) The journalists were questioned by Taliban authorities regarding their broadcasting practices during the holiday earlier this month. The Taliban has prohibited playing and listening to music since regaining control of Afghanistan in August 2021.

"The detention of Afghan journalists Ismail Saadat, Wahidullah Masum, and Ehsanullah Tasal is only the latest example of the Taliban's ruthless suppression of the press since the group returned to power in 2021," said Carlos Martinez de la Serna, CPJ's programme director, in New York "The Taliban must immediately and unconditionally release all detained journalists and allow the media to operate without restrictive measures like ba...