An American woman who has been held by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been freed, former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Saturday. “American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on her way home,” … Read more
The U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul said Sunday. sirayddin in Hawkwho acknowledged planning a January 2008 attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul, which killed six people, including U.S. … Read more
An American who had been detained for more than two years by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been released, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement on Thursday. The release was brokered by Qatar. George Glezmann, a mechanic for Delta Airlines has left Kabul and is on his way back to the U.S., … Read more
The Taliban on Monday confirmed the arrest of a British couple in their 70s in Afghanistan after a plea from their children for their release. The four adult children of Peter and Barbie Reynolds said their parents have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years, remaining after the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in 2021. The … Read more
