A Georgia man held by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since December 2022 was on his way back to the US Thursday after Trump administration negotiators secured his freedom.

George Glezmann, a U.S. citizen who was detained by the Taliban for more than two years, has been released, according to the State Department.

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