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US and Australian hostages freed in Taliban prisoner swap
« on: November 19, 2019, 04:42:20 pm »
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US and Australian hostages freed in Taliban prisoner swap


Australian Timothy Weeks (left) and US citizen Kevin King appeared dishevelled in video in 2017

The Afghan Taliban have freed two Western academics held hostage since 2016 in exchange for three imprisoned senior militants.


American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks were released three years after being kidnapped outside the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul where they worked as professors.

The three militants arrived in Qatar from Afghanistan as part of the swap.

More at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50471186