KABUL, Afghanistan — Three journalists detained by coalition forces and Afghanistan's intelligence service for allegedly spreading Taliban propaganda have been freed, NATO said today.

Thier release followed an outcry from media workers and a call from President Hamid Karzai for their quick release.

The three Afghan journalists were detained over the past week — Rahmatullah Naikzad and Mohammad Nadir by the NATO-led coalition and Afghan security forces, and the third by the Afghan intelligence service.

NATO said all three had been released by today.

Naikzad, who has worked for Al-Jazeera and as a freelancer for The Associated Press, was detained by coalition forces in the eastern town of Ghazni. He was released Friday.

Earlier in the day, Al-Jazeera cameraman Nadir, who was arrested Wednesday in the southern city of Kandahar, was also released.

The third journalist, Hojatullah Mujadadi, a radio station manager in Kapisa province north of Kabul, was arrested by Afghan agents on Saturday. NATO said in a statement that he had been freed by Afghan authorities as well.