French journalist killed in Afghanistan

PARIS – A French journalist was killed Sunday in northeastern Afghanistan, Radio France Internationale said late Sunday.

Johanne Sutton, an RFI journalist, was believed to be the only foreign journalist killed in Afghanistan since the war began last month.

She was riding with French and other foreign journalists when their convoy was ambushed after leaving Northern Alliance military headquarters in Khoja Bahauddin, in the northern province of Takhar, near the Tajikistan border.

There were unconfirmed reports of injuries among those traveling in the convoy.

Opposition forces said Sunday they had captured Taloqan, the capital of Takhar and their former headquarters. The Taliban denied the city had been overrun.

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