INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- The Taliban has detained Mohammad Hossein Velayati, an Iranian photojournalist working for the Tasnim news agency, in Kabul without
providing an explanation.Velayati had spent 10 days in the capital city of Afghanistan, where he had lawfully entered the country.It is
worth saying that today is the fifth day of his detention
would move fast to release the photojournalist given the unfavorable impressions that Iranians have of how the group treated Iranian
journalists.On August 8, Iran observed National Reporter Day by remembering the martyrdom anniversary of an Iranian journalist and eight
diplomats who lost their lives as the Taliban raided the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998
The Taliban stormed the Iranian consulate in the city, killing journalist Mahmoud Saremi and eight diplomats on August 8, 1998
