2024-02-26 08:21:43
An Austrian right-wing extremist has been released after nine months in custody with the Taliban in Afghanistan. As the Federal Chancellery and the Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday in Vienna, 84-year-old Herbert Fritz landed in the Qatari capital Doha. He had been under the control of the Islamist Taliban since May 2023.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) thanked the Qatari government on Platform X for its mediation in the matter.
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The Foreign Ministry emphasized that the 84-year-old had received “as best as possible consular support” in recent months via the Foreign Office, the relevant embassy in Pakistan and the EU representation in Kabul. This meant that urgently needed medication and a hearing aid were given to him.
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The man is considered a well-known figure in the right-wing extremist scene in Austria. In 1967 he was a founding member of the National Democratic Party (NDP), which was banned in 1988. He traveled to Afghanistan despite a travel warning that had been in place for decades, where he was accused of espionage. According to an Austrian media report, Fritz wanted to use his trip to show that Afghanistan was safe again. Shortly before his abduction, he had published an article entitled “Holiday with the Taliban” in a right-wing extremist magazine.
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