{"id":92750,"date":"2019-11-19T08:49:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T12:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=92750"},"modified":"2019-11-19T08:49:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T12:49:42","slug":"taliban-free-american-australian-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=92750","title":{"rendered":"Taliban free American, Australian hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Taliban on Tuesday freed two Western hostages who were held for more than three years in what has been seen as a hopeful sign in the Afghan peace talks.<\/p>\n

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\nAn American professor and Australian professor have been released by the Taliban after being held for more than three years in Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n

The hostages, who were both teachers at the American University in Kabul and held since 2016, were identified as American Kevin C. King, 63, and Australian Timothy J Weeks, 50, The New York Times reported. They were released to American forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teaching at the American University? I’ll just leave this here.<\/p>\n

In exchange, the younger brother of the group\u2019s military operations leader and a top fund-raiser and propagandist prior to his capture in 2014 was released, the report said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sweetening the pot for more peace talks, no doubt. It may even work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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