02/04/2010 16:18
Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan
40-year-old Japanese freelance journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka has been kidnapped in Afghanistan, according to Japanese media.
Thursday morning Tsuneoka said in his posting on Twitter that he had been going into a Taliban-controlled area in the north of the country early Wednesday.
Kosuke Tsuneoka worked in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Russia’s Chechnya; he entered Afghanistan last month, visiting Kabul and Jalalabad, according to report by Tokyo Broadcasting System.