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Abdul Latif Hakimi, ( ; also known as Latif Hakimi or Hakim Latifi) was a media

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for the

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between January 2004 until his capture in October 2005 by

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i officials.

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Hakimi first claimed a

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on 28 January 2004, that killed a British soldier in

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. In June 2005, he confirmed that a helicopter had been shot down by insurgent fire during

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, killing all 16 U.S. Naval special operators aboard, representing the largest loss of life in the Invasion for the Coalition forces at that time. On 4 October 2005, Pakistani officials arrested Hakimi in

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. After Hakimi's capture,

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represented the Taliban, along with Muhammad Hanif. Hakimi was released on 18 March 2007 along with four other Taliban prisoners in exchange for the release of kidnapped Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo. Daniele was freed a day later but Daniele's driver Sayed Agha was beheaded days before after the Taliban claimed he was a spy. Daniele's translator

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was beheaded on 8 April 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakimi, Abdul Taliban spokespersons Living people Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people)

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