Abducted NYT Reporter Freed, Interpreter Killed
Several months after the heroic escape of New York Times reporter David Rohde from his Afghan captors, another Times reporter has been rescued from Taliban kidnappers thanks to a harrowing military raid that killed his interpreter and a British commando.
Stephen Farrell and his interpreter Sultan Munadi were seized Saturday while reporting on the aftermath of NATO air strikes in Afghanistan in a village south of Kunduz.
Early Wednesday, Farrell was rescued by a military raid on the compound where he and Munadi were being held.
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