Taliban morality police detained 12 journalists in Khost city while they were covering a public book fair, confiscating their cameras and recording equipment be
Summary
Taliban morality police detained 12 journalists in Khost city while they were covering a public book fair, confiscating their cameras and recording equipment before releasing them several hours later. RSF and AFJC condemned the arrests as a violation of press freedom, linking them to the Taliban's ban on publishing images of living beings under the Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
Where
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Legal classification
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Suppression of press / journalists · primary
ICCPR Art. 19; UDHR Art. 19
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Arbitrary arrest / detention
ICCPR Art. 9; UDHR Art. 9
Assigned from the reported conduct and confirmed on review.
Also coded as: Arbitrary detention
Sources
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Afghanistan Human Rights Center, “Taliban morality police detained 12 journalists in Khost city while they were covering a public book fair, confiscating their cameras and recording equipment be”, entry AHRC-2026-0909-KHO-01, grade: Single-source, 2026-09-09. Retrieved 7 October 2026.