Journalist says Afghan kidnappers were not Taliban
A Japanese freelance journalist released at the weekend after five months' captivity in Afghanistan said in an online posting Monday that his kidnappers were not Taliban but corrupt Afghan soldiers.
File photo of Japanese freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka, who was released at the weekend after five months' captivity in Afghanistan said in an online posting Monday that his kidnappers were not Taliban but corrupt Afghan soldiers.
Kosuke Tsuneoka, 41, who had been missing in northern Afghanistan since April, has been under the protection of the Japanese embassy since Saturday, and was Monday travelling back to Japan via Dubai.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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