The family of American hostage Kevin King who was released by the Taliban along with his Australian colleague says that King is now with U.S. officials in Afghanistan getting medical care ahead of his return home.
FILE - In this May 3, 2019, photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks on the last day of the Afghan Loya Jirga meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban officials have told The Associated Press that three Taliban prisoners released by Kabul have been flown to Qatar for a swap for an American and an Australian hostage held by the insurgents. The three Taliban prisoners were to have been freed more than one week ago by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
King’s sister, Stephanie Miller, says the family s “so happy to hear that my brother has been freed and is on his way home to us.” The university said in a statement Tuesday that it “shares the relief of the families of Kevin and Timothy” and would look to provide “all the support we can to Kevin and Tim and their families.”“We appreciate steps taken by all involved to make it possible,” he said.The Taliban say they have freed two hostages — American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks — in southern Afghanistan, ending more than three years of their captivity.
It appears the Taliban had refused to hand over the two professors until they received proof their men had reached Qatar.Three ranking Taliban prisoners released by the Kabul government have been flown to Qatar for an expected swap for an American and an Australian hostage held by the insurgents since their abduction in 2016, Taliban officials said Tuesday.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani a week ago announced the “conditional release” of the Taliban figures, saying at a press event broadcast live on state television that it was a very hard decision he felt he had to make in the interest of the Afghan people. Subsequently, U.S. officials said that American forces had launched a rescue mission to free the two, but the captives were not found at the raided location.
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