Kabul,: Several human rights groups have requested Pakistan to release detained Afghan journalist Fatema Hamnawa and uphold its commitment to protect exiled reporters from deportation. An Afghan media watchdog slammed Pakistan for detaining Fatema Hamnawa and her children, warning of rising threats to Afghan journalists in exile, local media reported on Wednesday.

Afghanistan’s media advocacy group Nai on Tuesday called the arrest and possible deportation of Afghan journalists, especially women, from Pakistan, a “dangerous and alarming development,” Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.

The organisation stated that Pakistani police arrested Fatema Hamnawa along with her two children amid an ongoing crackdown on Afghan migrants. Nai asked Pakistani government to immedia

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