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Trump exaggerates claim that many Americans are ‘hostages’ in Afghanistan
Former US president Donald Trump has claimed that there are many Americans who are being held as hostages in Afghanistan, but a US media outlet has called the remarks an exaggeration.
In a video his campaign released last week, Trump said: “We have many American people still living in Afghanistan, probably as hostages.”
NBC News citing two senior Biden administration national security officials said on Saturday that the IEA is holding two Americans that the US government would like to see released. Other Americans are in Afghanistan at of their own volition, they said.
One of the hostages is Ryan Corbett.
“We have continually pressed, including in our meetings with Taliban (IEA) representatives, for the immediate and unconditional release of Ryan Corbett and other Americans detained in Afghanistan,” Mathew Miller, US State Department’s spokesperson, said on Thursday.