Chinese-American woman thanks Trump after being released by Taliban in Afghanistan



An American woman freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan celebrated her release, in a video shared Saturday by US President Donald Trump, in which she thanked him for helping secure her freedom.

In a video shared on Trumpโ€™s Truth Social account, Faye Hall is seen smiling and in apparently good health, saying: โ€œThank you for bringing me home.โ€

Hall, a British couple and their Afghan translator were detained on February 1 as they travelled to central Bamiyan province.

Washingtonโ€™s former envoy to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, said Hall was in the care of the Qatari delegation in Kabul.

โ€œAmerican citizen Faye Hall, just released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on her way home,โ€ Khalilzad, who has been part of a US delegation working on Taliban hostage releases, wrote on social media.

While at the Qatari embassy, Hall โ€œhas been confirmed in good health after undergoing a series of medical checksโ€, according to a source with knowledge of the release.

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