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                     2 French Hostages Free in Afghanistan

   Two Frenchmen held hostage separately in Afghanistan are free -- one
   escaped and the other was set free by his captors.
   Twenty-nine-year-old freelance photographer Pierre Borghi was kidnapped
   in late November in Kabul. Afghan officials said he was found at a
   security checkpoint in central Wardak province and brought to the
   capital.
   French officials confirmed that a second hostage was freed by his
   captors, but they did not provide any more details.
   There has been no claim of responsibility for either kidnapping.
   Also Monday, a roadside bomb exploded under a bus in Wardak province,
   killing nine people and wounding at least 22 others.
   Local officials say they suspect Taliban militants are responsible.
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