George Glezmann, a 66-year-old American citizen and Delta Airlines mechanic, was detained by the Taliban in December 2022 while visiting Kabul as a tourist. After more than two years in captivity, he

Officials from the United States, the Taliban, and Qatar had been holding negotiations for his release for several weeks. But who is George Glezmann?

The release of Glezmann is part of what the Taliban has previously described as the “normalization” of ties between the U.S. and Afghanistan.