American lady detained in Afghanistan launched by Taliban, supply says

An American lady was freed by the Taliban after she, two British nationals and their Afghan translator have been detained in Afghanistan earlier this 12 months, in line with a supply with data of the matter and a former U.S. envoy to Kabul.

“American citizen Faye Corridor, simply launched by the Taliban, is now within the care of our buddies, the Qataris in Kabul, and can quickly be on her approach residence,” Zalmay Khalilzad, who has been a part of an American delegation engaged on Taliban hostage releases, wrote on X.

Corridor was detained in February together with Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who’re of their 70s, as they traveled to the British couple’s residence in central Bamiyan province. The Reynolds stay in Taliban custody, CBS Information discovered. 

Sources informed CBS Information that Corridor was detained on prices of utilizing a drone with out authorization. 

Corridor was launched Thursday as a part of a deal that Qatari negotiators helped dealer, the supply stated. She was in “good well being” after present process a sequence of medical checks.

Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban’s ambassador in Qatar, informed CBS Information that Corridor was launched as a “goodwill gesture.”

“Higher for bilateral relations, that such gestures are reciprocated,” Shaheen stated. “Really, after (the) liberation of our nation, we’re in a brand new section of reconstruction of Afghanistan. We need to have constructive relations with (the) U.S. and different nations. That is an space which must be explored.”

Khalilzad posted an image of Corridor smiling with Qatar representatives forward of her departure from Afghanistan together with his announcement.

CBS Information has reached out to the U.S. State Division for remark.

The Reynolds, who married in Kabul in 1970, have run faculty coaching packages within the nation for 18 years. Corridor is a buddy of the Reynolds and had travelled to Afghanistan in February to go to them and assist them with their schooling coaching enterprise, a member of the Reynolds household informed CBS Information.

The Reynolds are dad and mom to 2 Americans. 

Their daughter has expressed grave fears for her father’s well being and appealed to the Taliban authorities to free them. They remained in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in 2021 when the British embassy withdrew its workers.

Khalilzad had been within the Afghan capital earlier this month on a uncommon go to by U.S. officers to fulfill Taliban authorities, accompanying U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler.

Following their go to, the Taliban authorities introduced the discharge of U.S. citizen George Glezmann after a deal brokered by Qatar. Glezmann, an Atlanta native, had been in custody after being detained by Taliban authorities whereas on a vacationer go to to Afghanistan in December 2022. 

The U.S. authorities had stated Glezmaan had been wrongfully detained by the Taliban. Khalilzad known as Glezmann’s launch “a goodwill gesture” to President Trump by the Taliban.

Glezmann and Corridor are two of a number of People to be launched from Taliban custody this 12 months.

Two People detained in Afghanistan — Ryan Corbett and William McKenty — have been launched in January in change for a Taliban determine who had been imprisoned in California on drug trafficking and terrorism prices.

Not less than one different U.S. citizen, Mahmood Habibi, remains to be held in Afghanistan. The U.S. has stated Habibi, who holds twin American and Afghan citizenship, has been “unjustly held” since 2022.

In a public discover posted by the FBI in August 2024, the company stated it “believed” that Habibi was taken by Taliban navy or safety forces and “has not been heard from since his disappearance.” The FBI stated in its discover that Habibi was working as a contractor for a Kabul-based telecom firm when he disappeared. 

The Taliban nonetheless say they don’t have Habibi in custody.

“No, we do not have him,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid informed CBS Information in January.

The federal government in Kabul just isn’t recognised by any nation, however a number of together with Russia, China and Turkey have stored their embassies open within the Afghan capital.

Since Mr. Trump’s re-election, the Kabul authorities has expressed hopes for a “new chapter” with Washington.

contributed to this report.