Two French hostages freed in Afghanistan

MonthsMonths after their separate kidnappings in Afghanistan, two French civilians were free of their captors on Monday, French and Afghan officials said, reports The New York Times.

One of the men, identified as a freelance photojournalist, escaped his captors in Wardak Province and was transferred to France’s embassy in Kabul, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The man, identified as Pierre Borghi, had been taken hostage on a street in Kabul in November by four armed men, the spokesman said, according to Reuters.

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