TOLOnews reporter: Reports of death false, was beaten up by Taliban

Thursday, 26 August 2021Newsdesk
TOLOnews reporter: Reports of death false, was beaten up by Taliban
A journalist from Afghanistan’s TOLOnews was allegedly beaten up by the Taliban in Kabul on Thursday.

New Delhi, 26 August 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, even as reports started coming in about his death, Ziar Yaad Khan tweeted saying that the news is false. He claimed that he was beaten by the Taliban in Kabul’s New City at gunpoint. “I was beaten by the Taliban in Kabul’s New City while reporting. Cameras, technical equipment and my personal mobile phone have also been hijacked. Some people have spread the news of my death which is false. The Taliban got out of an armoured Land Cruiser and hit me at gunpoint,” Khan’s tweet read.

Source - The Indian Express
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