Washington  - A Canadian broadcast reporter held for nearly a month by kidnappers in Afghanistan was released on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed.

Harper was quoted in Canada's National Post as saying Melissa Fung, a reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC,) seemed to be in "remarkably good spirits under the circumstances."

News organizations had kept a blackout over her kidnapping in Kabul.

Harper thanked the Afghan government for its help in securing her release, according to the National Post website. (dpa)