Herve Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier arrived back in France today after 547 days in captivity in Afghanistan. Read more about their release.

Reporters Without Borders, a charity that works to improve the safety of journalists, said in a statement:

Afghanistan continues to be one of the world's most dangerous countries for media personnel and Afghan journalists pay a high price for working with foreign media. At least 15 journalists have been kidnapped by criminal or insurgent groups in Afghanistan since the start of 2009.