06/21/2009 01:55:51 AM EST
New York Times reporter escapes Taliban
posted by Robrob
- Story Highlights
- NEW: U.S. secretary of state Clinton thanks Pakistan, Afghanistan for help
- David Rohde was kidnapped outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 10
- Rohde, 41, said he climbed over the wall of a compound late Friday
- Rohde was being held in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan
Good news!
A New York Times reporter who was held by the Taliban for seven months has escaped, the newspaper reported Saturday.
David Rohde told his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, that he and a local reporter, Tahir Ludin, climbed over the wall of a compound late Friday where they were being held in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan.
Pakistani military spokesman Gen. Athar Abbas told CNN that the Pakistani military was involved in freeing Rohde. Additional details were not immediately available.
