Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened the heads of the Taliban with a “very big bounty” after listening to that extra American hostages are being held by the group.
“Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported,” the secretary wrote on X.
“If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on their top leaders, maybe even bigger than the one we had on Bin Laden,” he threatened.
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The publish didn’t give additional particulars about what number of Individuals or which members of management could possibly be focused.
Earlier this week, two Individuals held by the Taliban had been freed in a prisoner swap.
Ryan Corbett and William McKenty had been despatched again stateside in alternate for convicted narco-terrorist Khan Mohammed in a deal struck within the finals days of the Biden administration.
That deal excluded fellow Individuals George Glezmann and Mahmood Habibi.
George Glezmann has been in Taliban detention since Dec 5, 2022, and is in progressively deteriorating well being, Fox Information experiences.
In July 2024, there was a Senate decision calling for the discharge of the person who has suffered “facial tumors, hypertension, severe malnutrition, and other medical conditions,” on account of the inhumane situations to which he’s been subjected.
Nevertheless, the Taliban has denied being in custody of Mahmood Habibi, in keeping with Fox Information.
Mahmood’s brother, Ahmad tells Fox Information Digital, “[I] know that my brother is still in Taliban custody. I can’t share too much about that because we don’t want to put him or others at risk.”
The Taliban continues to be in search of to free one of many remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay — Muhammad Rahim — in a prisoner alternate.
