Taliban release TV staff arrested over report criticising ban on foreign shows

The arrests were made at Afghan television station TOLO (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The Taliban have released three employees of Afghanistan’s largest television station who were detained over a report that the country’s new rulers had banned all broadcasts of foreign drama series, a channel executive said on Friday.

Three staffers from TOLO TV were taken from the station on Thursday evening, according to Khpalwak Sapai, head of TOLO News department and one of the arrested.