‘I am alive’: Tolo news reporter Ziar Yaad, cameraman beaten up by Taliban in Kabul 

The Taliban thrashed an Afghan reporter working for Tolo News, Ziar Yaad, and a cameraman while they were reporting in Kabul.

According to Tolo News, Taliban fighters assaulted reporter Ziar Yaad and his cameraman in Kabul on Tuesday when they were reporting on local poverty and unemployment.

Tolo news reporter Ziar Yaad, “I was beaten up by the Taliban in Kabul's New City. 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.”

Yaad had previously been reported as having been killed by the Taliban.

Yaad took to Twitter to deny the news, claiming that fake reports of his death had been circulated.

Meanwhile, a number of journalists said that the Taliban should not treat journalists badly, reported Tolo News.

(With inputs from agencies)