Career
An expert in foreign politics, he began working for la Repubblica in 1980 and has been a special international reporter since 1992. Mastrogiacomo reported on events such as police operation Mani Pulite, the Marta Russo murder and the Priebke affair. He has worked in Afghanistan, Iran, the Palestinian territories, Iraq and Somalia.
In 2006 he reported on the Lebanon war.
They were kidnapped by Mullah Dadullah"s mentor Initially, the Taliban believed Mastrogiacomo was a United Kingdom officer
When it was discovered that he was an Italian reporter, they demanded that Italy withdraw their troops. lieutenant then showed Agha being beheaded after which a shaken Mastrogiacomo made an impassioned appeal to Italian authorities to "do something," while underlining that the situation was "very difficult".
The Taliban eventually freed Mastrogiacomo in exchange for the release of five Taliban prisoners (including Dadullah"s brother Mullah Shah Mansoor and other Taliban commanders), and he returned to his country on 20 March.
His first words were, "I hope the Taliban will never return to the Afghanistan government."
On, 12 May 2007 Mullah Dadullah as well as two of the Taliban commanders who were released in exchange for Mastrogiacomo were killed by a United States-led action. They included Mullah Hamdullah and Mullah Ghafar.
