Islamabad - The Taliban have accused a French reporter of spying after his arrest yesterday disguised as a Muslim woman and said they would try him in a special court, Afghan Islamic Press said.
Michel Peyrard (44), a reporter for the French weekly Paris Match, had a satellite telephone, tape recorder and "other spying instruments" when he was arrested near the city of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan.
"His mission was totally a spying mission and no leniency will be shown to him," the Pakistan-based AIP quoted a Taliban spokesman in Jalalabad as saying.
