The Taliban seem to release an American woman owned in Afghanistan

An American woman owned in Afghanistan was published by the Taliban, according to an article on social networks on Saturday by a former American ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, only a few days after the United States withdrew several million dollars’ bonuses from the heads of three senior Taliban officials.

Faye Hall, the American citizen liberated, was represented sitting on a sofa between two men and smiling in an article on social networks on X of Zalmay Khalilzad, the former ambassador. Mr. Khalizad said Ms. Hall “was now under the care of our friends, the Qataris in Kabul, and will soon be on the way back.”

He also shared what he said was a video of Ms. Hall professing support for President Trump and thanking the president for his release.

President Trump republished the video on Saturday on his social media site, Truth Social, thanking Ms. Hall and adding that he was “so honored” by his words.

Ms. Hall was arrested in early February, the British media reported, as well as a British couple and an interpreter. The couple, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who were both in the 1970s, had organized educational and training projects in the country for eighteen years, according to British media. Ms. Hall would be a friend of the couple.

The British couple was not released, according to British media. A girl from the Reynolds said that the Afghan guards had to use the force to separate Ms. Reynolds Hall when they removed Ms. Hall from detention because the two women had sworn that the four in their group would be released together.