Afghan Journalists Detained for Reporting on Government Claims - Kunduz (2015)

Document
Date
AP ۱۳۹۴ تله ۱۵
Year of Incident
2015
Province of incident
Kunduz: Kunduz city
Geolocation (province level)

Latitude: 36.7971548392469

Longitude: 68.8574981689453

Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
Kunduz
Town Village
Kunduz Airport, Kunduz Province
Types of Incident
  • Arbitrary Detention
  • Detention
Conflict Parties
  • Afghan National Army (ANA)
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Afghan National Police (ANP)
  • National Directorate of Security (NDS)
Alleged crimes in the incident
  • Unknown: Attacking civilians
  • Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
  • Unknown: Crimes against persons requiring particular protection
Perpetrators
  • Republic of Afghanistan
Summary

On 7 October 2015, Afghan generals at the Kunduz Airport detained several Afghan journalists who had reported that the government's claims of success in Kunduz Province were exaggerated or false.

Sources

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

NYT