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Title:Pakistan-Afghanistan: French Journalist Jacques Abouchar Receives Stiff Sentence
Date:21st October 1984
Summary:As Afghanistan's mujahideen forces fighting the Soviet-backed Kabul government continued to claim success in their campaigns, a French journalist travelling with Mujahideen units was arrested for entering the country illegally with the Mujahideen, to collect material not related to his journalistic work. Although the charges did not specifically mention spying, Abouchar was sentenced to an 18-year prison term.
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Location:PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN KABUL
Reuters ID:LDL0011EHK953
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