Press freedom group says Taliban court has freed a French-Afghan journalist held for 284 days

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The press freedom group said it is now working to quickly reunite Mortaza Behboudi with his wife, Alexandra, in Paris.

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“It is the end of a painful ordeal," said Christophe Deloire, the group's secretary general.

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Behboudi was arrested on January 7, two days after he arrived in Afghanistan as part of a reporting assignment.

Behboudi was awarded the Bayeux Prize for War Correspondents last year for a series of reports about life in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime.(AP) RUP RUP

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