Ryan Corbett, standing in the back with his family, is being held in Afghanistan.
Photo: Ballenger PhotographyIn the summer of 2022, nearly a year after the Taliban reclaimed power in Afghanistan, American Ryan Corbett and a German colleague traveled to Sheberghan, a remote city 300 miles northwest of Kabul.
The two men weren’t there long before a Taliban security force took them into custody.
The Taliban charged Corbett, 40 years old, and his colleague with proselytizing Christianity, which Corbett’s family and colleague have denied.
In September, the State Department designated Corbett wrongfully detained, which unlocks diplomatic and intelligence resources across the highest levels of government to secure the release of U.S. citizens through swaps or other means.
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