July 25, 2007
A German writer for the magazine Stern and his translator have reportedly been kidnapped in Kunar province, Afghanistan. Christoph Reuter (above) was traveling in the remote, mountainous area where earlier this month, several civilians were killed in a NATO air strike.
A senior security official in Kunar told the BBC that the German journalist had disappeared when visiting the village of Sangar in Wattapour district."We have sent a delegation to investigate this, at this stage we have to assume that they have been kidnapped," he said.
A local hotelier told the BBC that the journalist, who he said worked for a German magazine, had been staying at his lodge when insurgents arrived at the door. They dragged the journalist out of the building and took him away.
The hotelier said he was taken with two Afghans, a driver and an interpreter, but local officials say only two people were kidnapped.
Reuter speaks fluent Arabic and has covered both Afghanistan and Iraq for Stern. He is also the author of a 2006 book, My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing.
UPDATE: German man freed in Afghanistan
UPDATE II: Germany Can´t Confirm Hostage Freed in Afghanistan
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