The Taliban have released a British journalist and several other reporters they had been holding for several days, in an incident that deepened concerns about pressure on media inside Afghanistan. Another British man, former cameraman Peter Jouvenal, was seized by Taliban authorities in Kabul at the end of last year and remains in custody. One of those detained this week is the former BBC journalist Andrew North, who has long experience working in Afghanistan, including for the website Tortoise. “Andrew was in Kabul working for the UNHCR trying to help the people of Afghanistan. “We urgently request that the Afghan authorities release Peter,” said David Loyn, a friend who also worked in Kabul as a journalist.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2022 08:53 UTC