More questions about Afghan rescue

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Afghan journalists are up in arms over what they call double standards after the rescue of a New York Times reporter and the death of his Afghan translator. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the head of the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association, Rahimullah Samandar, about the incident.

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