{"id":49700,"date":"2014-06-04T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=49700"},"modified":"2014-06-03T17:02:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T21:02:43","slug":"three-more-amreicans-held-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=49700","title":{"rendered":"Three more Americans held by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign Policy<\/a> writes that there are three more Americans being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan or Pakistan;<\/p>\n

The Obama administration’s controversial decision to swap five senior Taliban figures for the military’s lone prisoner of war, Bowe Bergdahl, is putting new pressure on the White House to do more to free the three other American citizens who have been missing in Afghanistan or Pakistan for years but have drawn little attention in Washington.<\/p>\n

The American civilians thought to be in captivity include Caitlin Coleman, an American citizen who, along with her Canadian-born husband Josh, disappeared in Afghanistan in October 2012. Coleman was pregnant and would have had a child by the following January; if the infant survived, he or she would be considered an American citizen.<\/p>\n

The third missing citizen is Warren Weinstein, 72, a government contractor who was doing work in Pakistan when he was kidnapped in August 2011. It was unclear from government officials this week what the status of these Americans was or if active discussions were taking place to secure their release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Congressman Duncan Hunter (California-Republican) asked the White House why their release wasn’t included in the Bergdahl deal;<\/p>\n

“My understanding is that three other Americans remain in custody of militants aligned with the Taliban,” Hunter wrote. “Should this still be the case, I would like to know why these individuals were not included in the negotiation that resulted in the release of five detainees from Guant\u00e1namo Bay.”<\/p>\n

Hunter…was careful to stipulate that it should not be done by releasing additional detainees from Guant\u00e1namo Bay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Depending on how many are still alive, that could be quite a windfall for the Taliban, getting 15-20 of their criminals released, and that’s more that the President doesn’t have to worry about if he ever gets around to closing Guant\u00e1namo Community College like he promised through his 2008 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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