Namun, jurubicara kepresidenan Karim Rahimi mengatakan kepada AFP, Presiden Hamid Karzai telah memerintahkan badan-badan keamanan untuk melakukan segala upaya yang memungkinkan bagi pembebasan wartawan tersebut.
However, presidential spokesman Karim Rahimi told AFP that President Hamid Karzai had ordered the security organisations to make all possible efforts to gain his release.