Taliban detains three journalists in Afghanistan, UN says

Afghanistan's Taliban government has detained at least three journalists, including the head of the Kabul-based Paigard News Agency and two staff from Afghanistan's first 24-hour news channel, TOLOnews. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has called for the protection of reporters, urging the Taliban to uphold their obligations under international human rights law and ensure journalists can work without fear of intimidation or harassment. The Taliban's Ministry of Information and Culture has confirmed the detention of the two TOLOnews journalists, with their cases under investigation.