Taliban frees US man who was abducted while travelling in Afghanistan in 2022

George Glezmann, centre (Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

A US man who was abducted more than two years ago while travelling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration, the State Department said.

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 US government as wrongfully detained the following year.