Taliban’s Intelligence Agency Detains Afghan State Broadcaster’s Employee In Kabul

Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) detained Ziaul Haq, an employee of Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), on Thursday.

Sources told Afghanistan International that Haq had been detained for broadcasting an advertisement related to cricket matches which featured a woman.

Ziaul Haq had been the head of evaluation of RTA and had continued working for the TV Station after the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban.

Local sources said that the Taliban officials detained him on Thursday at the entrance of RTA which is located in Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul. According to a source, Ziaul Haq was beaten up by the Taliban officials when he was detained.

Sources added that the Taliban officials also threatened the staff at the RTA news department for broadcasting women’s comments during a live televised news conference. It has been said that the broadcast of images of a woman who did not cover her face during the press conference provoked the anger of the Taliban’s intelligence agency.

Officials of RTA, which is under the control of the Taliban, did not respond to Afghanistan International on the issue of the detention of the TV station’s employee.

RTA is a state broadcaster which is now controlled by the Taliban after the group’s takeover of Afghanistan.