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Thirty foreign journalists from different countries, including India, who secretly entered Afghanistan to cover the ongoing military action by the United States, have been captured by unidentified Afghan tribesmen north of Kabul.
The scribes who entered Afghanistan from the Uzbekistan border through areas controlled by the Northern Alliance were captured by the tribesmen at Ostana village, a report in Pakistani daily Pakistan Observer said.
It said the journalists were from India, US, Britain, Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, France and West Asia.
The report could not be independently confirmed.
The journalists, who went in helicopters, were captured as they landed ahead of the Taleban defence lines north of the capital Kabul, the daily said.
The tribesmen reportedly demanded one thousand dollars as ransom to release them.
A Bulgarian journalist who managed to contact his office said the conditions under which they were kept were "bad".
A large number of journalists covered the war from areas controlled by the Northern Alliance.
PTI
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