Press Release: International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the release of three reporters who were briefly detained by US-led NATO forces in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan.
According to information received from IFJ affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), Syed Abdullah Nezami of the Al Jazeera Arabic news channel and Sadullah Sahil and Zabihullah of the Afghan TV News Service, were detained on February 20 in a remote part of the province where a NATO air strike had reportedly killed up to 50 civilians over the weekend.
