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U.S. military arrests Afghan journalist: Newspaper

Other News Materials 4 June 2009 11:09 (UTC +04:00)

U.S. forces arrested an Afghan journalist from Khost province east of Afghanistan, a local newspaper reported Thursday.  "American troops Tuesday night raided the house of a local journalist Noora Jan Baheer and took him into custody along with his two brothers," Daily Arman-e-Millie writes, Xinhua reported. 
  
Noora Jan, according to the newspaper, was working as reporter for Kilid group, a media outlet running a local radio and a magazine.  
  
Governor of Khost province Hamidullah Qalandarzai, the newspaper reported, would talk with the U.S. forces on the subject while Media Center, a body to defend journalist rights has called for the early release of Baheer.

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