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An Afghan television news presenter said he had been freed by the Taliban on Friday, a day after the hardline Islamists detained him for reporting that authorities had banned foreign dramas from local TV screens. Rights groups have condemned a decline in media freedoms and increasing attacks on journalists since the Taliban swept back to power last year, with the United Nations calling for an end to “intimidation and threats against journalists” after the latest arrest. TOLOnews, the country’s leading independent television network, said earlier that presenter Bahram Aman was detained at the c…