ISLAMABAD – When Afghanistan’s former vice-president Amrullah Saleh broke the silence about Western hostages being held by the Taliban, his tweet unleashed a storm of outrage. Global media exploded with calls for the release of the two British men he named, both former BBC journalists.
One, Andrew North, who was in Afghanistan working for the United Nations, was soon freed. Peter Jouvenal, a businessman who used to be a war cameraman and whose life is deeply embedded in Afghanistan, remains incarcerated, his health causing concern for family and friends.
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