When she finds it hard to focus, Nilab jots down her worries on slips of paper and pins them to her wall, a strategy she picked up in a seminar on mental health at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. She makes a mental note to deal with the issues at a scheduled time … Read more
An American woman detained in Afghanistan has been released by the Taliban, according to a social media post on Saturday by a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, just days after the United States removed multimillion-dollar bounties from the heads of three senior Taliban officials. Faye Hall, the released American citizen, was pictured sitting … Read more
An American woman was freed by the Taliban after she, two British nationals and their Afghan translator were detained in Afghanistan earlier this year, according to a source with knowledge of the matter and a former U.S. envoy to Kabul. “American citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of … Read more
As far as the Trump administration is concerned, there are government secrets and then there are government secrets. Details sought by a federal court about a military flight of immigrants that landed many days ago with video cameras recording its arrival? Sorry, judge, too secret to reveal, even now long after the fact. Details about … Read more
The sister of Medal of Honor recipient Master Sgt. John Chapman, an elite combat controller who died on a mountainside during the Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan, is angered by the way the new National Medal of Honor Museum is handling her brother’s story. The museum in Arlington, Texas, which pays tribute to more than 3,500 … Read more
The United States has lifted multimillion-dollar bounties on three senior Taliban officials, according to Afghan authorities and a senior American official, a significant shift by the Trump administration toward some of the most blood-soaked jihadists from the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. The move comes days after a U.S. hostage envoy, Adam Boehler, made the first … Read more
Washington DC: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday that George Glezmann, who was wrongfully detained in Afghanistan for two and a half years, was freed. The Taliban kidnapped George Glezmann, 65, while he was visiting Afghanistan. They freed him following negotiations brokered by Trump’s special hostage envoy Adam Boehler, Taliban officials and … Read more
Larkin’s War | Sunday on 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Navy SEAL Ryan Larkin took his own life after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. His father suspected there was more to his suicide than depression. 60 Minutes reports how one father’s determination helped uncover a hidden danger in military service. Be the … Read more
The Taliban on Thursday released George Glezmann, an American held since 2022 in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Glezmann was a mechanic for Delta Air Lines who was detained while visiting Afghanistan as a tourist in December 2022. The State Department had officially designated him a wrongful detainee. … Read more
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that American national George Glezmann was on his way back to the U.S. after being released by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Glezmann, an Atlanta native, had been in custody after being detained by Taliban authorities while on a tourist visit to Afghanistan in December 2022. He had been deemed … Read more