A media lobby group is appealing to France and Pakistan over the release of a French journalist arrested after sneaking into Afghanistan.
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Mr Michel Peyrard
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Mr Michel Peyrard, a reporter for French weekly Paris Match, was caught entering Afghanistan disguised as a woman.
Reporters Without Borders has issued an appeal to the two governments to use all possible contacts to win his release.
An Islamabad-based news agency quoted Taliban officials as saying Mr Peyrard, in his mid-30s, would be charged with spying.
He was allegedly found with a satellite telephone, tape recorder and other "spy equipment".
He was arrested with two Pakistani journalists.
The agency said Mr Peyrard was wearing a burqa, the full length veil which the Taliban require women to wear in public.
France's foreign ministry is trying to track down Mr Peyrard.
AP