The Taliban has released American citizen George Glezmann after more than two years in detention in Afghanistan.
His release was facilitated through negotiations involving the U.S. and Qatari officials. Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, was detained by the Taliban's intelligence services in December 2022 and was later designated as wrongfully detained by the U.S. government. His freedom marks the third such release of an American detainee by the Taliban since January.
He is now on his way back to the United States.
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George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American detainee to be released by the Taliban since January. He was seized by the Taliban's intelligence services in December 2022 and was designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained the following year.
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A Georgia man held by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since December 2022 was on his way back to the US Thursday after Trump administration negotiators secured his freedom.
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