25.08.2014 - 01:32 [ The New York Times ]

Afghanistan Defends Expulsion of a Times Reporter

The government apparently was infuriated by Mr. Rosenberg’s article on the electoral crisis, which reported discussions among high-ranking officials about forming an interim governing committee as a possible way to resolve the impasse, a step that would amount to a coup….

It expressed regret that the United Nations “called such an intelligence act a journalistic act,” referring to Mr. Rosenberg’s article.