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PA : Dispatches reporter Sean Langan released by Taliban

June 24th, 2008 Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Press freedom and ethics

Sean Langan, a freelance journalist kidnapped by the Taliban three months ago, has been freed.

Langan, who was working on a Channel 4 Dispatches programme, was taken on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He was released on Saturday night.

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