October 8, 2010
1:03
Officials in Kabul, Afghanistan have apprehended a Taliban leader, who was directly involved in the kidnapping of a New York Times reporter last year. The man captured (whose name was not revealed) is the Taliban district leader of the Chahar Darah district of Kunduz province. According to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force the man captured was a key player in the abduction of reporter Stephen Farrell and journalist Sultan Munadi in September of 2009. The two were covering a story on a NATO airstrike of Taliban Forces at the time that killed at least 90 citizens of the Kunduz Province. ISAF forces were able to rescue Farrell, but Munadi was killed in a shootout between troops and Taliban forces. ISAF spokesman U.S. Army Col. Rafael Torres stated that the capture was great news for the population of the Kunduz and Takhar provinces. In addition to the kidnapping that man is also believed to have been terrorizing the Kunduz and Takhar provinces and forcing them to pay unfair taxes. Torres also stated that the militant was “actively assaulted established governance and security in northern Afghanistan." And that he was also in contact with other powerful members of the Taliban and members of the Uzbekistan leadership in northern Afghanistan and Pakistan. ISAF said that that his capture will greatly disrupt the insurgent networks future operations.
This article was very interesting to me because I remembered hearing about the kidnapping on the news. After all this time I’m glad to hear that there is finally someone in custody. I think that this arrest sends a message to all other Taliban members that, authorities are actively seeking to put an end to terrorism; and that terrorist will not be able to continually get away with the evil and malicious acts that they have come to be known for.
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