Nyt Reporter Freed In Raid; Afghan Translator Dies (ap)

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Stephen Farrell, a reporter for The New York Times.is shown in Iraq on July 16, 2007. Commandos freed the New York Times reporter Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009, after he was kidnapped by militants in northern Afghanistan last week, the paper said. (AP Photo/Markko Geogiev for the New York Times) MANDATORY CREDIT: Marko Georgiev for The New York Times -- NO SALES; NO MAGS: --AP – British commandos freed a New York Times reporter early Wednesday from Taliban captives who kidnapped him over the weekend in northern Afghanistan, but one of the commandos and a Times translator were killed in the rescue, officials said.

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