Ryan Corbett, who has been detained by the Taliban since August 2022, was able to call his wife Anna and their children earlier this week. “It was a disturbing call,” Anna Corbett told CNN Thursday. Ryan Corbett returned twice in 2022, and on his second trip, he was detained by the Taliban. Ryan Corbett has been declared wrongfully detained by the US State Department. Anna Corbett told CNN she wants to see the US government do more to put pressure on the Taliban to release her husband.

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Persons: Joe Biden, Ryan Corbett, Anna, ” Anna Corbett, Ryan, He’s, Anna Corbett, Biden, ”, Matthew Miller, ” Miller Organizations: CNN, State Department, National Security Council, US State Department Locations: Afghanistan