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 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 100 journalists on Wednesday protested a police raid ordered by Afghanistan's attorney general on a private TV station that has fueled concern over growing government harassment of the media.
Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabit said he ordered police into the Kabul office of Tolo TV late Tuesday to "summon" reporter Hamed Haidary for reporting that Sabit had called for the hanging of a number of convicts. Sabit said he was misquoted by the reporter.
Tolo — the biggest private TV network in Afghanistan — insisted that the remarks were Sabit's, and replayed parts of a video of Sabit making the comments several times during the night.
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