Freed reporter held in Afghan cave

A female Canadian journalist who was freed after four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan said she was held in a small underground cave where she could barely stand up.

A female Canadian journalist who was freed after four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan said she was held in a small underground cave where she could barely stand up.

Mellissa Fung, a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation told Afghanistan’s intelligence chief in a video released today that her captors watched guard over her in the tiny cave for the first three weeks of her abduction.

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