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Taliban to try UK journalist
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for illegally entering Afghanistan is to face trial `for violating the laws of our country`, the Afghan Islamic Press reported Thursday.
A female British journalist arrested by the Taliban for illegally entering Afghanistan is to face trial "for violating the laws of our country", the Afghan Islamic Press reported Thursday.
The Taliban's Deputy Foreign Minister Mullah Abdul Rehman Zahed said the militia had also yet to determine whether Sunday Express reporter Yvonne Ridley "is a journalist or if she had other objectives."
"The investigation is continuing and she will face a court case once the investigations are completed. Yvonne Ridley has violated the laws of our country and she will face trial on these charges," he said.
The official told Pakistan-based AIP that regardless of whether Ridley was determined to be a journalist, "even then she will face a trial because she has entered our country without permission."
Bureau Report
The Taliban's Deputy Foreign Minister Mullah Abdul Rehman Zahed said the militia had also yet to determine whether Sunday Express reporter Yvonne Ridley "is a journalist or if she had other objectives."
"The investigation is continuing and she will face a court case once the investigations are completed. Yvonne Ridley has violated the laws of our country and she will face trial on these charges," he said.
The official told Pakistan-based AIP that regardless of whether Ridley was determined to be a journalist, "even then she will face a trial because she has entered our country without permission."
Bureau Report