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  • Mark Frerichs on what his freedom means after being held hostage in Afghanistan for years

    Mark Frerichs on what his freedom means after being held hostage in Afghanistan for years

    Jan 10, 2023 11:25 PM EDT

    Monday, we brought you the story of Mark Frerichs, a 60-year-old American contractor from Lombard, Illinois, who was kidnapped and held in Afghanistan for 32 months. U.S. officials believe he was held by the Taliban-allied Haqqani group. Frerichs was freed in September 2022. In the second part of his first TV interview, he joins Amna...

  • U.S. Navy veteran kidnapped, held hostage by Taliban describes experience

    U.S. Navy veteran kidnapped, held hostage by Taliban describes experience

    Jan 09, 2023 11:30 PM EDT

    Contractor and U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs was kidnapped and held hostage by Taliban forces for over two and a half years. He was released as part of a prisoner swap last September and is now adjusting to freedom and life back in America. Amna Nawaz went to Lombard, Illinois, where he’s staying with family,...

  • Hostage negotiator recounts Brittney Griner's first moments after release from Russia

    Hostage negotiator recounts Brittney Griner's first moments after release from Russia

    Dec 12, 2022 11:50 PM EDT

    ... this topic specifically. And it's my sense that we have been able to find a way to work on the nuclear issue and the hostage issue and separate those. To my mind, we're still working hard. It's tough. The Iranians are tough to negotiate with. And at ...

  • Police say man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi wanted to hold House Speaker hostage

    Police say man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi wanted to hold House Speaker hostage

    Oct 31, 2022 08:05 PM EDT

    The man accused of attacking Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, told police he wanted to hold the speaker hostage. David DePape has been charged with two federal crimes.

  • American hostage of Taliban freed in prisoner exchange, family says

    American hostage of Taliban freed in prisoner exchange, family says

    Sep 19, 2022 03:58 PM EDT

    Family members and U.S. officials say an American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released.

  • WATCH: Islamic State member 'Beatle' gets life term for U.S. hostage deaths

    WATCH: Islamic State member 'Beatle' gets life term for U.S. hostage deaths

    Aug 19, 2022 06:07 PM EDT

    ... played a key role in the hostage negotiations, getting hostages to email their families with demands for payments. They also routinely beat and tortured the hostages, forcing them to fight each other to the point of passing out, threatening them with waterboarding and forcing them view images of slain hostages ...

  • Mother of journalist murdered by ISIS discusses how the U.S. handles hostage situations

    Mother of journalist murdered by ISIS discusses how the U.S. handles hostage situations

    Jul 20, 2022 10:20 PM EDT

    President Biden this week signed an executive order to improve efforts to free more than 60 U.S. nationals held hostage or who are wrongfully detained abroad. Diane Foley's son was an American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012 and killed by ISIS in 2014. She now advocates for the freedom of Americans held abroad with...

  • WATCH: White House condemns Russia's reported hostage-taking at closed Chernobyl nuclear plant

    WATCH: White House condemns Russia's reported hostage-taking at closed Chernobyl nuclear plant

    Feb 24, 2022 07:38 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The White House is expressing outrage at “credible reports” from Ukrainian officials that the staff at the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear plant have been taken hostage by Russian troops. Watch the briefing in the player above. Press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that “we condemn it and we request their ...

  • Soldiers in Burkina Faso mutiny, take President Kabore hostage

    Soldiers in Burkina Faso mutiny, take President Kabore hostage

    Jan 24, 2022 03:32 PM EDT

    Two mutinous soldiers told The Associated Press that Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by the rebellious soldiers.

  • Jewish leaders call for vigilance and solidarity after Texas hostage case

    Jewish leaders call for vigilance and solidarity after Texas hostage case

    Jan 19, 2022 04:37 PM EDT

    ... safer," she said. "I know now I'm a part of this community and this country." Some advocacy groups and lawmakers have cited the Texas hostage situation in calling on the Senate to take up Biden's nomination of Deborah Lipstadt to serve as a special envoy to monitor and ...

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