Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International have called for the release of four journalists detained in the provinces of Khost and Ghazni.

These organizations have also issued statements demanding the government lift the suspension of the broadcasting activities of Noor and Bria television stations.

The statement of the Reporters Without Borders reads: “Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of four radio journalists and the reopening of two 'critical' privately-owned TV channels that have fallen victim during the past few weeks to the latest escalation in the Taliban clampdown on media freedom in Afghanistan.”

Abdul Qadim Wiar, the head of the research department at the Afghan Journalists' Safety Committee, said: 'The Commission for Investigating Media Violations and Complaints has significantly resolved issues related to the detention of journalists or matters related to journalists and media."

At the same time, a number of journalists have expressed concerns about the caretaker government and are urging the swift ratification of the public media law.

Dawood Mubarak Oghlu, a journalist, said: “The ratification of the public media law is a pressing need in the country, and I hope that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will soon recognize the importance of this law and ratify it.”

Shah Agha Sadat, a journalist, said: “The solution is that the media law, which has been pending for three years, must be ratified, and this process will also end the detention of journalists.”

Although the Islamic Emirate has recently not commented on the arrest of these journalists, the Commission for Investigating Media Violations previously announced on Hamal 28 (solar calender) that the activities of Noor and Barya television stations had been suspended.

The commission had cited the television stations' failure to heed the recommendations of the Commission for Investigating Media Violations as the reason for the suspension.