The Italian journalist kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan two weeks ago is said to have been released, though there has not been an official announcement. Daniele Mastrogiacomo was freed with two colleagues, according to an AFP report, quoting an unnamed executive at La Repubblica , the paper from whom he worked. The Taliban claimed that two of their men held by the Afghanm authorities were released in an exchange deal. (Via Al Jazeera English)
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