Exclusive By: Kanwal Abidi.
As the inauguration day nears, President Biden spoke with the families of Ryan Corbett, George
Glanzmann and Mahmoud Habibi, Americans unjustly held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since
2022. The President and the families discussed the U.S. Government’s continuing efforts to
reunite these three Americans with their families.
The President emphasized his Administration’s commitment to the cause of bringing home
Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained overseas. Over the last four years, President
Biden has brought home over 75 Americans unjustly detained around the world, including from
Burma, China, Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Russia, Rwanda, Venezuela and West Africa – and indeed from
Afghanistan, from which President Biden has brought home all Americans detained before the
United States’ military withdrawal in August 2021.
Globally, President Biden and his team have worked around the clock, often in partnership with
key allies, to negotiate for the release of Americans held hostage or unjustly detained abroad so
that they can be reunited with their families and will continue to do so till end of his term.
