'I thought this was the end of my life': Afghan journalists describe savage beatings by Taliban

Video journalist Nemat Naqdi and video editor Taqi Daryabi from the Afghan online news outlet EtilaatRoz said they were detained while covering a women's protest against Pakistani involvement in Afghanistan and in support of women's rights that took place on Wednesday.
The protest was outside a police station, and Mr Naqdi and Mr Daryabi said they were taken inside the station and severely beaten.
They were hitting me with extreme force that I really thought that this was the end of my life," Mr Naqdi told CNN on Friday.
"They have hit me on my arm with extreme force that I could not move it during the last two days ... it has got better.
"My left eye has been hurt seriously that it is still red, and I am worried, my left ear can't receive any hearing. It has a buzzing noise. I was given four or five very hard slaps on my face."
Mr Naqdi said they they stepped on his head.
"They were pressing their foot on my head, my face was on the mosaic floor, and I was trying to pull myself due to the pain and to tell them to hit me on all sides and not just hit me on my back," he said.
"For that reason, my face was bloodied."The video journalist said he felt like his neck or back might break.
"They were using such violence that one was holding me by my head and face and another one was holding me by my waist," he said.
"My hands and feet were tied and one of them was pushing my legs like a sling."
"When the Taliban forces arrested us and took us to the police station, they continuously tortured me for approximately 10 minutes even though I was not in state to remember the exact time," Mr Daryabi said.
"They hit me with whatever they could grab hold of."
He said it was possible that "from now on the Taliban threaten and torture journalists"