NY Times editor: Reporter rescued in Afghanistan was freed just as situation was getting worseNEW YORK — A New York Times reporter taken hostage in Afghanistan and rescued by British commandos Wednesday told his editors that the situation in the Taliban hide-out where he was held was had been growing more ominous. A look at recent kidnappings of foreigners in AfghanistanBRITISH-IRISH JOURNALIST: New York Times reporter Stephen Farrell and his Afghan translator, Sultan Munadi, are taken captive in the northern province of Kunduz on Sept. 5, 2009, when they go to cover a German-ordered airstrike that caused a number of civilian casualties. British commandos raid the hide-out where they’re held, freeing Farrell, but Munadi dies in the rescue. A British service member is also killed. British commandos free kidnapped NYT reporter; Afghan translator, troop killed in rescueKABUL — British commandos freed a New York Times reporter in an early Wednesday raid on a Taliban hide-out in northern Afghanistan. At least five people were killed in the rescue, including the journalist’s Afghan translator and one of the troops, officials said. British reporter freed, Afghan aide killed in raidKABUL - A New York Times reporter taken captive by the Taliban at the weekend in northern Afghanistan was freed, but his Afghan translator and a civilian were killed in a raid by international forces, a district governor said Wednesday. Kidnapped NYT reporter freed in raid in Afghanistan; translator, British commando killedKABUL — British commandos freed a New York Times reporter early Wednesday from Taliban captors who kidnapped him over the weekend in northern Afghanistan, but one of the commandos and a Times translator were killed in the rescue, officials said. Kidnapped British journalist rescued by US special forces in AfghanistanKUNDUZ - British journalist Stephen Farrell, who was working for the New York Times when he was kidnapped in Afghanistan four days ago, has been rescued by a team of US special forces. AP News in BriefObama says he’ll accept Nobel Peace Prize as ‘call to action’ toward peace and prosperity |
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