Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Are The Taliban Still Holding American Hostages?

Shane Harris, Daily Beast: Exclusive: Secret U.S. Hostage Held by Taliban Allies

‘There are still Americans in captivity in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region,’ a top congressman reveals. The question is: How many? And what’s Washington doing to recover them?
A group of Islamist militants aligned with the Taliban has been holding an American man hostage for more than a year, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with his case, which has not been reported previously.

The disclosure of another American hostage raises questions about how many Americans are being held abroad—and what the U.S. government is doing to recover them. The Obama administration has been working to streamline its hostage rescue efforts, which critics say have suffered from a lumbering bureaucracy that hasn’t kept family members fully informed about their loved ones. How effective those efforts have been is unclear.

WNU Editor: I suspect that these are not the only cases.

1 comment:

  1. Pakistan plays the U.S.

    Turkey plays the U.S.

    Which Muslim group or country doesn't play the U.S.?

    Many American politicians play the U.S.

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