Democratic congressman defends Elmo, Cookie Monster during PBS hearing
During a hearing of the House Department of Government Efficiency Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., began by asking ...
The New York Times3d
U.S. Lifts Millions in Bounties on Senior Taliban Officials
By Christina Goldbaum and Adam Goldman The United States has lifted multimillion-dollar bounties on three senior Taliban officials, according to Afghan authorities and a senior American official.
Al Jazeera English6d
US lifts $10m reward for major Taliban leader Haqqani
The United States has lifted a $10m reward for information leading to the arrest of a major Taliban leader, Sirajuddin Haqqani, an Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs spokesperson says.
The Washington Post7d
American prisoner released by Taliban after first high-level U.S. visit
U.S. citizen George Glezmann has been released by the Taliban after 2½ years in captivity, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement Thursday. Glezmann, an airline mechanic, was detained ...
Boston Herald7d
Taliban frees an American man who was abducted while traveling in Afghanistan more than 2 years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump ...
ABC News5d
The US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says Kabul
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 ...
The New York Times8d
Taliban Frees American Tourist Held in Afghanistan Since 2022
George Glezmann was detained while traveling in the country after the Taliban’s victory in the war. Secretary of State Marco Rubio thanked Qatar for helping to secure his release. By Edward Wong ...
The Hill7d
American held by Taliban for years released: State Department
George Glezmann, an American airline mechanic held by the Taliban since 2022, has been released, the State Department announced Thursday. “George Glezmann is free. George was wrongfully detained ...
kcra.com7d
American man held by Taliban for more than 2 years released, State Department says
An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal brokered by U.S. and Qatari negotiators ...
Al Jazeera English28d
Blast at Taliban-linked Pakistani seminary kills six people, injures 20
The group has ideological differences with the Afghan Taliban and their supporters, who follow the Deoband school of thought,” said Ihsanullah Tipu, an Islamabad-based security analyst.
UPI8d
Taliban release American detained in Afghanistan since 2022
March 20 (UPI) --George Glezmann, a Delta Airlines mechanic detained by the Taliban during a trip to Afghanistan in 2022, was on his way back to the United States on Thursday, both Washington and ...