Released Japanese journalist talks by telephone to relative

Released Japanese journalist talks by telephone to relative

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Japanese journalist Daigen Yanagida, 37, speaks to his brother-in-law in Japan by phone on Nov. 17 after being released in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The Tokyo-based freelance journalist had been detained in Jalalabad since his arrest by the Taliban on Oct. 22 on suspicion of spying for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

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