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| [00:00.00] | NATO troops in Afghanistan |
| [00:03.75] | have rescued a reporter |
| [00:05.07] | of the New York Times newspaper |
| [00:06.80] | who had been held by the Taliban |
| [00:08.58] | in the northern province of Kunduz since Saturday. |
| [00:10.87] | The New York Times said the journalist Stephen Farrell |
| [00:13.77] | was unharmed after being released in the gun battle. |
| [00:16.37] | Chris Morris reports from Kabul. |
| [00:18.25] | A military operation led |
| [00:19.88] | by NATO forces rescued Stephen Farrell from a village |
| [00:22.48] | in the northern province of Kunduz |
| [00:24.05] | where he had been kidnapped last week |
| [00:25.93] | while reporting on the aftermath of a NATO airstrike. |
| [00:28.58] | In remarks quoted on the New York Times website |
| [00:31.48] | he says he heard British and Afghan voices |
| [00:34.32] | as bullets started flying around. |
| [00:36.46] | That suggests that British troops were involved |
| [00:39.12] | in the rescue |
| [00:39.88] | although there has been no confirmation of that. |
| [00:41.81] | Stephen Farrell's colleague Sultan Munadi, |
| [00:44.71] | an Afghan interpreter |
| [00:46.19] | who's worked for the New York Times |
| [00:47.45] | for several years |
| [00:48.37] | was killed in the exchange of fire. |