Jazeera says US forces arrested Kabul team

DUBAI (Reuters) – U.S. forces in Afghanistan have arrested
the Kabul correspondent of the Arab television station Al
Jazeera along with his driver and cameraman, the station said
on Sunday.

Al Jazeera, based in Qatar, quoted U.S. forces as saying
that Waliyullah Shaheen and his team had been handed over to
Afghan police after the arrest.

The U.S. forces’ statement said the team had been filming
locations of a “security nature” near the headquarters of the
U.S.-led troops operating in Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera’s spokesman told Reuters the station was looking
into details of the case.