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Peter ter Velde talks to the Taliban

16720413.jpgDutch journalist Peter ter Velde talked to Taliban fighters in the northern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan where "several hundred" Dutch soldiers are based,
Peter ter Velde, a reporter of NOS public television, met the fighters close to Camp Holland, NATO's main military base in Uruzgan. He spoke to the six Taliban just before a roadside bomb killed a Dutch soldier, bringing the number of Dutch fatalities in Afghanistan to 18. link
Ter Velde also talks about his own safety in the interview and his fears of the fighters he was interviewing. You can listen to the interview here.