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 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan government agreed to some Taliban demands in a deal to secure the release of a kidnapped Italian journalist, but one prisoner the militants wanted freed preferred to remain in jail, an official said Tuesday.
President Hamid Karzai told authorities to find a solution to the kidnapping, citing Afghanistan's good relations with Italy, said his spokesman, Mohammad Karim Rahimi.
Daniele Mastrogiacomo was freed Monday after two weeks in captivity. The reporter's Afghan driver, who also was seized, was beheaded, and the fate of his translator is not known.
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