Kevin King (left), from Pennsylvania, and Timothy Weekes, an English teacher from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, who were abducted three years ago from outside Kabul’s American University of Afghanistan in Kabul.
The Guardian: Taliban prisoners released in attempt to free western kidnap victims
Afghan president Ghani hopes move will help secure release of American and Australian
Afghanistan’s president says he has ordered the release of three Taliban fighters in an effort to persuade the insurgent group to free a kidnapped American and Australian professor.
Timothy Weekes, an English teacher from Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, and Kevin King, from Pennsylvania, were abducted three years ago from outside American University of Afghanistan in Kabul by fighters in military uniform.
Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan president, said in a televised address on Tuesday that the three prisoners, from the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, would be released “conditionally in exchange” for the academics.
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