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12-05-2009
Dutch journalist says she was raped by Taliban
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A Dutch journalist says she was raped several times by the Taliban commander who held her hostage in 2008.
The journalist, Joanie de Rijke (43), was held hostage by the Taliban for six days in November 2008 and was released after a 137,000-dollar ransom was paid.
In a new book, In the hands of the Taliban, De Rijke describes how she was repeatedly raped by Taliban commander Ghazi Gul. Gul was later killed in a bombardment.
De Rijke, who is Dutch but lives in Belgium, was on assignment in Afghanistan for the Belgian weekly P-Magazine. She wanted to talk to the group of Taliban fighters who had ambushed and killed ten French paratroopers in August 2008. But when she made contact with the group, they took her and her Afghan interpreter hostage instead.
The ransom was paid by the magazine and colleagues of De Rijke after both the Dutch and Belgian governments refused to pay.
Dutch journalist says she was raped by Taliban
By our news desk
A Dutch journalist says she was raped several times by the Taliban commander who held her hostage in 2008.
The journalist, Joanie de Rijke (43), was held hostage by the Taliban for six days in November 2008 and was released after a 137,000-dollar ransom was paid.
In a new book, In the hands of the Taliban, De Rijke describes how she was repeatedly raped by Taliban commander Ghazi Gul. Gul was later killed in a bombardment.
De Rijke, who is Dutch but lives in Belgium, was on assignment in Afghanistan for the Belgian weekly P-Magazine. She wanted to talk to the group of Taliban fighters who had ambushed and killed ten French paratroopers in August 2008. But when she made contact with the group, they took her and her Afghan interpreter hostage instead.
The ransom was paid by the magazine and colleagues of De Rijke after both the Dutch and Belgian governments refused to pay.
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