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Call to free Afghan fixers

Reporters without borders have called upon the Afghan government to free the Afghan fixer and driver who were working with Mellissa Fung when she was kidnapped outside Kabul. The brothers, Shokoor Feroz and Qaem Feroz, were picked up hours after Fung was kidnapped and remain in the custody of the Afghan intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security,
"If proof of their involvement in the kidnapping exists, it should be presented to a judge," said Reporters Without Borders in a statement. "But it seems more and more evident that their prolonged detention is a mistake." Fung herself said in a CBC interview the two brothers were not involved in her abduction, noting they had worked for three years with the CBC. link