Sultan Mohammed Munadi
Year: 2009
Nationality: Afghanistan
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Kunduz, Afghanistan
Press organization: The New York Times
What's Sultan Mohammed Munadi's story?
Munadi and Times colleagueStephen Farrell were kidnapped by the Taliban on September 5. Munadi was shot four days later duringa British military rescue mission that freed Farrell, a British-Irish national. Farrell told the Times he didnot know the source of fire that killed the Afghan journalist. The Times reported that the Britishdecision to attempt the rescue came after Afghan government agents learned thatthe captors were planning to move the journalists into Pakistan.
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