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Afghan detainees in video link with families: Red Cross
- 2008-01-14
KABUL AFP — Men detained by the United States in Afghanistan on suspicion of links to terrorism have been able to communicate with their families via video link for the first time, the Red Cross said Monday. The families of about 60 detainees at the largest US base in...
Taliban says Red Cross workers to be freed soon
- 2007-09-29
GHAZNI, Afghanistan AFP — Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban movement said four Red Cross workers, including two foreigners, would be freed Saturday after they were "mistakenly" kidnapped four days ago. Taliban spokesmen initially denied the movement was involved in the abductions but one of them, Zabihullah Mujahed, said he had found...
Red Cross staff seized, Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- 2007-09-27
KABUL AFP — Four Red Cross staff, two of them foreigners, were held by unknown kidnappers Thursday as military officials announced two Danish soldiers were killed in a new attack by extremist Taliban fighters. An overnight operation near the border with Pakistan, meanwhile, killed 18 Taliban, a provincial official...
New efforts to free Red Cross workers in Afghanistan
- 2007-09-27
GHAZNI, Afghanistan AFP — Negotiators were in touch Friday with the captors of four Red Cross workers, two of them foreigners, who were held in Afghanistan during a mission to free a German kidnapped by the Taliban. Contact had been made with the group that seized the men on...
Taliban release three South Korean hostages
- 2007-08-28
GHAZNI, Afghanistan AFP — The Taliban on Wednesday released three of their 19 South Korean captives, as the wrenching six-week hostage crisis in Afghanistan took a step closer to resolution. The Islamic extremist movement handed over three female hostages to tribal elders outside the central town of Ghazni, and...
Taliban release 12 South Korean hostages
- 2007-08-28
GHAZNI, Afghanistan AFP — The Taliban freed 12 of their 19 South Korean captives on Wednesday as the wrenching six-week hostage crisis in Afghanistan neared resolution. The Islamic extremist movement handed over 10 women and two men to tribal elders in three separate releases several hours apart outside the...
US allows Red Cross to visit second prison in Afghanistan
- 2004-06-09
KABUL AFP ? The US military will allow members of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit its detention centre in southern Kandahar following allegations of prisoner abuse, a US official said. The decision was based on the fact that prisoners were spending longer than intended at...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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