American Held by Taliban for More Than Two Years Heading Home

George Glezmann was arrested while visiting Kabul ‘for historical and tourism purposes’ in 2022.

Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP
In this handout photo released by Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Glezmann, center, poses with Adam Boehler, second left, and Zalmay Khalilzad, second right, and Qatari diplomats at Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 20, 2025, before departing to Doha, Qatar. Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP

The Trump administration has secured the release of an American who had been held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for two and a half years.

The state department announced Thursday that George Glezmann, who is a Delta Airlines mechanic, was on his way home to Georgia to be reunited with his wife, Aleksandra.

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