Taliban say 'mistakenly' kidnap six journalists in eastern Afghanistan

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Taliban say 'mistakenly' kidnap six journalists in eastern Afghanistan

20PM [Updated: Sat Sep 7, 2019 04:20PM ]/ Afghan journalists take cover after gunmen disguised as policemen stormed a television station in Kabul on November 7, 2017. (Photo by AFP)/ Taliban have abducted at least six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organizations in eastern Afghanistan, government officials and the militant group say. Local Afghan officials said on Saturday that the reporters were abducted the previous day while they were traveling together from neighboring Paktika province to Paktia to attend a ...

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