Afghan govt raids TV station over news clip-broadcaster

Source: Reuters

Afghan govt raids TV station over news clip-broadcaster
18 Apr 2007 11:03:30 GMT
By Terry Friel

KABUL, April 18 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's attorney-general, accused by critics of regularly breaking the law, has raided Tolo television, one of the country's most popular stations, over a news broadcast, Tolo said on Wednesday.

About 50 armed policemen raided Tolo's studio in an upmarket Kabul suburb on Tuesday night, assaulting staff and taking three senior journalists to the office of Attorney-General Abdul Jabar Sabet, Tolo said in a statement.

The attorney-general's office and the Interior Ministry, which oversees his operation, could not immediately be contacted for comment.

Dozens of journalists and lawmakers protested on Wednesday outside parliament against the raid, accusing President Hamid Karzai's government of smothering freedom of speech.

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