Yanagida may be freed this week, French reporter says

Yanagida may be freed this week, French reporter says

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Michel Peyrard, a French journalist from Paris Match magazine, tells Kyodo News in Peshawar on Nov. 4 that Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida, who is being held by the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, may be freed this week. Peyrard arrived in Peshawar on Nov. 3 after being released 25 days after being arrested in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on suspicion of spying.

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