French TV bends to Taliban, airs hostage pleas
A French television station bowed Monday to Taliban demands and broadcast pleas from two French journalists held captive in Afghanistan who are facing the threat of death unless a prisoner-hostage swap is worked out.
French officials declined to comment on the threat and said they were consulting with the relatives of the two journalists who were captured in December in Afghanistan while covering France's military presence northeast of Kabul. (AP)
