INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
American citizen Faye Hall said on Saturday she had been released by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) after being detained in
Afghanistan last month, Reuters reported.
I&ve never been so proud to be an American citizen,& Hall said in a video posted by President
Donald Trump on Truth Social
&Thank you, Mr President,& she added
&God bless you.
Hall&s release was announced earlier by former United States Special Representative to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on X.
A United States official said Adam Boehler, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, along with Qatari officials and others,
Hall was arrested in February with a British couple, Barbie and Peter Reynolds, read the report.
British media reported that the couple,
in their seventies, had been running projects in schools in Afghanistan for 18 years, deciding to stay even after the IEA returned to power
in 2021.
There was no mention of the couple, whose family has pleaded for their release amid concerns over their health.
A source said
earlier that Hall was freed on Thursday following a court order and with logistical support from Qatar in its role as the United States&
protecting power in Afghanistan.
Hall was received at the Qatari embassy in Kabul and confirmed to be in good health after undergoing
medical checks, the source said.
Several Americans are still detained in Afghanistan, Reuters reported.
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