Taliban holding at least 9 foreigners in Kabul, including 1 American

Afghan woman on street.
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The Taliban are holding at least nine foreigners in custody in Kabul, including "one American and several British citizens," The Wall Street Journal reports Friday, per sources familair with the situation.

Among those being held are British reporter Andrew North — a freelance journalist formerly with the BBC — and an Irish photographer "who were in Kabul on assignment for the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR." The two were recently detained alongside the Afghan journalist and Afghan driver they were working with, adds the Journal.

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.