1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/CPJ alarmed by Taliban threat to kill Afghan journalist Ajmal Nakshbandi - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mELloIMYFx"><a href="https://cpj.org/2007/03/cpj-alarmed-by-taliban-threat-to-kill-afghan-journ/">CPJ alarmed by Taliban threat to kill Afghan journalist Ajmal Nakshbandi</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2007/03/cpj-alarmed-by-taliban-threat-to-kill-afghan-journ/embed/#?secret=mELloIMYFx" width="600" height="338" title="“CPJ alarmed by Taliban threat to kill Afghan journalist Ajmal Nakshbandi” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="mELloIMYFx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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New York, March 30, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah has threatened to kill kidnapped Afghan journalist and translator Ajmal Nakshbandi unless President Hamid Karzai negotiates his release. Ajmal remains in Taliban custody nearly four weeks after he was abducted in Helmand province on March 4, along…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260