US forces free reporter kidnapped in Afghanistan
September 9th, 2009 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 9 (DPA) A New York Times reporter taken captive by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan was freed in a raid by US forces, an official said Wednesday.
The troops conducted a raid Tuesday night on the house where the British national was being held in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province, Chardarah Governor Abdul Wahid Omarkhel said.
A clash ensued, in which two civilians were killed in the village of Mungtapa, he said.
The journalist — who was not identified — was abducted Saturday while visiting the site of a deadly NATO airstrike on two Taliban-hijacked fuel trucks in Chardarah that Omarkhel said had killed 130 people Friday.
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