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Kidnapped Japan journalist freed in Afghanistan
A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed AFP

Kidnapped Japan journalist freed in Afghanistan

Sep 5, 2010 at 11:19 | Reuters
TOKYO, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed, media reports said on Sunday.

Kosuke Tsuneoka, a 41-year-old freelance journalist, was at Japan's embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Kyodo news agency reported, quoting Japanese government sources.

Tsuneoka, who has been in Afghanistan since mid-March, went missing in the northern city of Kunduz near the northern border with Tajikistan.

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