From Reuters:
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian and Afghan officials denied on Monday that any jailed Taliban leaders were released in exchange for a Canadian journalist freed after being held hostage for a month in Afghanistan.
A Pakistan newspaper reported two Taliban leaders being held in Afghanistan on terrorism charges were let go in return for the safe release of Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) reporter Mellissa Fung, who was freed on Saturday.
"That is not correct," Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters in Ottawa.
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian and Afghan officials denied on Monday that any jailed Taliban leaders were released in exchange for a Canadian journalist freed after being held hostage for a month in Afghanistan.
A Pakistan newspaper reported two Taliban leaders being held in Afghanistan on terrorism charges were let go in return for the safe release of Canadian Broadcasting Corp (CBC) reporter Mellissa Fung, who was freed on Saturday.
"That is not correct," Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters in Ottawa.
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