KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate has freed two journalists and a women rights activist from detention, confirmed officials on Saturday.
A number of women activists in Kabul have confirmed that the Islamic Emirate released Parvana Ibrahimkhel, one of the detained women protesters, yesterday. Her family members have also confirmed his release.
In an interview with the local media outlets, Ms. Ibrahimkhel said that her condition is good. She added that she had been detained by the forces of the Islamic Emirate.
Officials of the Islamic Emirate have not yet commented on the matter. There are also reports of the release of other detained women protesters, but it has not been officially confirmed.
Tamna Zaryab Pariani and her three sisters, Parvaneh Ibrahimkhel, Morsal Ayar and Zahra Mohammadi, were reportedly among the women detained by Islamic Emirate forces in Kabul in recent weeks.
Although Islamic Emirate officials have not yet confirmed the arrests, family members of the detained women, as well as a number of other women protesters, have previously claimed that they were detained by Islamic Emirate forces from their homes and workplaces.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the release of two journalists working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) who were detained by security forces.
UNAMA tweeted last night that it was time to end arbitrary detention and the release of all those wrongly imprisoned. No Afghan or international journalist or civil society activist should be detained or imprisoned without charge, the UNAMA said.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also confirmed on Twitter the release of two journalists working for the agency.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, tweeted last night that the reason for the detention of these foreign nationals was the lack of documents. Mujahed said that these people were released after confirming their identities.
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