A local journalist who's spent time in Afghanistan and who learned about CBC reporter Melissa Fung's capture shortly after it happened says she was not surprised when she first got the news.
Globe and Mail reporter Katherine O'Neill spent six weeks in Afghanistan last summer and learned about her colleague Melissa Fung's capture before it was made public.
"When I heard I was quite upset, I knew Melissa personally and I was just worried about her (and all my other colleagues in Afghanistan.
While O'Neill was in Afghanistan she says she tried to stay under the radar by concealing her identity behind a burka.
"I just didn't want to be a target, I didn't want to attract attention because there are so many people that have so much to gain by kidnapping you over there," said O'Neill.
On Wednesday Melissa Fung spoke publically about her capture, saying she was stabbed as she fought her captors.
"He said 'I am Talib' so immediately I thought...this can't be good they are Taliban," said Fung.
Fung says she was taken through the mountains to her prison which wasn't more than a hole in the ground.
"I wasn't scared, but I knew no one is ever going to find me here," she said.
According to journalists who've spent time in Afghanistan the risk level in Kabul is increasing.
"As a westerner you were a prime target to be kidnapped," said O'Neill.
Fung also commented on the decision to keep her capture out of media reports saying, "as a journalist I'd want to report on it, but if you're talking about a life, that supersedes a good story."
With files from Rob McAnally
