Another U.S. citizen is coming home…
On Thursday, the Taliban released American hostage George Glezmann after holding him for more than two years in Afghanistan after negotiations between the Trump administration and Qatari officials, a diplomatic source with knowledge of the release told Fox News Digital.
Glezmann departed the Kabul airport Wednesday evening local time on his way to Doha where he will then be met by U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler along with a team from the Qatari Foreign Ministry.
The release of the 65-year-old American, abducted while visiting Kabul as a tourist on Dec. 5, 2022, comes after Boehler met with officials from the Afghan foreign ministry in direct talks alongside Qatari officials.
The diplomatic source confirmed that Glezmann’s release was done as a “goodwill gesture” by the Taliban as an indication of “trust” in Qatar’s continued role as intermediary between Washington and Kabul.
The exchange differs from the release of two other Americans freed earlier this year, including Ryan Corbett and William Mckenty, who were released in exchange for a Taliban member in U.S. custody in a final-hour deal struck by the Biden administration. (RELATED: Report: Officials In Talks Over Potential US-Russia Prisoner Swap)
Last month, the Trump administration also secured the release of multiple Americans being held prisoner in Russia, including Pennsylvania teacher Marc Fogel. (RELATED: Trump Secures Release Of Second American While Revealing Details Of Russian Prisoner Swap)
Fogel, a history teacher from Pennsylvania, was serving a 14-year prison sentence after his arrest in August 2021 at a Russian airport for being in possession of drugs, which his family and supporters said were medically prescribed marijuana.
Anne Fogel, his sister, told “Fox & Friends” that she is “so happy to have this massive boulder” lifted off her shoulders with her brother’s release.
“I am so incredibly grateful to the president,” she added. “Just amazing.”
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