Who is George Glezmann? American man freed by Taliban after being held captive for over two years

George Glezmann, a 65-year-old American man has been freed by the Taliban after being held captive in Afghanistan for over two years. Officials from the United States, the Taliban, and Qatar had been holding negotiations for his release for several weeks.

Glezmann, a Delta Airlines mechanic, was detained in December 2022 while visiting Afghanistan as a tourist. He is a native of Atlanta in the US state of Georgia. He had been designated a "wrongful detainee" by the US State Department.

Glezmann boarded a Qatari aircraft in Kabul -- the capital of Afghanistan -- to fly down to Doha and is expected to return home soon.