Tag: Gabriele Torsello

  • Afghan kidnappers 'want convert'

    Afghan kidnappers 'want convert'

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    BBC: The kidnappers of an Italian journalist in Afghanistan have offered to free him in exchange for a Christian convert who fled the country, an aid agency says. Photojournalist Gabriele Torsello was seized last week while travelling on a bus in southern Afghanistan. The kidnappers will free Mr Torsello, a Muslim convert, if Abdul Rahman…

  • Journalist Kidnapped In South Afghanistan

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    Washington Post: Italian photojournalist Gabriele Torsello was seized by five gunmen on the highway from Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province, to neighboring Kandahar province, the independent Pajhwok news agency quoted Torsello’s traveling companion, Gholam Mohammad, as saying. Pajhwok said its call to Torsello’s mobile phone was answered by a man saying: “We are…