{"id":18860,"date":"2023-10-19T06:26:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T01:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabul-24.com\/en\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2023-10-19T06:30:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:00:32","slug":"morteza-behbodhi-a-french-afghan-journalist-was-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabul-24.com\/en\/morteza-behbodhi-a-french-afghan-journalist-was-released-from-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Morteza Behbodhi, a French-Afghan journalist, was released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<header id=\"mobhead\" class=\"site-header-block site-mob-header tipi-m-0 site-mob-header-1 site-mob-menu-1 sticky-menu-mob sticky-menu-1 sticky-top site-skin-2 site-img-1\">\n<div class=\"bg-area header-padding tipi-row tipi-vertical-c\">\n<div class=\"logo-main-wrap logo-mob-wrap\">\n<h6 class=\"logo logo-mobile\"><strong>Mortaza Behboudi, a Franco-Afghan journalist, has been released from Taliban custody after more than nine months, sources confirmed to KabulNow.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"logo logo-mobile\">Behboudi was released on bail from Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul on Wednesday, October 18.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"site-inner\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content clearfix\">\n<div id=\"primary\" class=\"content-area\">\n<div class=\"post-wrap clearfix article-layout-skin-1 title-beneath hero-s sidebar-on sidebar-right post-32358 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-afghanistan tag-journalists\">\n<div class=\"single-content contents-wrap tipi-row content-bg clearfix article-layout-1\">\n<div class=\"tipi-cols clearfix sticky--wrap\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content body-color clearfix link-color-wrap progresson\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Www.kabul_24.com\">Kabul24<\/a>: He was arrested by the Taliban authorities on 7 January 2023, two days after arriving in Afghanistan for the purpose of reporting. Taliban had accused him of \u201cspying\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Behboudi\u2019s wife, Alexandra Mostovaja, expressed the joy in a\u00a0post\u00a0on X: \u201cWith Mortaza\u2019s release, light has come back to my world and life can begin again. I am grateful for all the support and for being able to witness how Mortaza\u2019s beautiful character has been illuminated through the darkest of times. No one should ever go through this ever again!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Behboudi\u2019s arrest had stirred\u00a0widespread condemnation and outrage, including from Reporters Without Borders, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Behboudi, 28, began his career at the age of 16 in Afghanistan and was forced to flee to France when he was 21. He has freelanced for many French media outlets, co-authored reports, and contributed to a report entitled\u00a0<em>Young Afghan girls sold in order to survive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Behboudi was\u00a0awarded\u00a0the Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents last year for a report <a href=\"https:\/\/kabul-24.com\/en\/iran-negotiations-with-afghanistan-about-helmand-water-rights-continue\/\">about<\/a> life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mortaza Behboudi, a Franco-Afghan journalist, has been released from Taliban custody after more than nine months, sources confirmed to KabulNow. Behboudi was released on bail from Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul on Wednesday, October 18. Kabul24: He was arrested by the Taliban authorities on 7 January 2023, two days after arriving in Afghanistan for the purpose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Morteza Behbodhi, a French-Afghan journalist, was released from prison - Kabul24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mortaza Behboudi, a Franco-Afghan journalist, has been released from Taliban custody after more than nine months, sources confirmed to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kabul-24.com\/en\/morteza-behbodhi-a-french-afghan-journalist-was-released-from-prison\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Morteza Behbodhi, a French-Afghan journalist, was released from prison - 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