Joshua Boyle

Afghan Taliban Release New Video of US, Australian Hostages

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An American and an Australian have appeared in a second Taliban hostage video, nearly a year after they were kidnapped in Kabul. Gunmen wearing police uniforms abducted American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weekes, both professors at the American University of Afghanistan, in August last year, seizing them from their vehicle. The 10-minute, 18-second video … Read more

Calls To Release US, Australian Hostages After Taliban Threat

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A university in Afghanistan appealed to the Taliban Friday to release an American and an Australian abducted last year, after the insurgents threatened to kill foreign hostages if Kabul executes their prisoners. The two professors of the American University of Afghanistan were kidnapped last August and appeared in a Taliban hostage video in January, the … Read more