
At least 26 American hostages released since Trump took office
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President Donald Trump has been in office for under 100 days, and he already has secured the release of at least 26 Americans held hostage abroad.
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Corbett and his family moved to Afghanistan in 2010, where they lived in Kabul and Jalalabad. According to a website set up by his family, Corbett did work for NGOs, which focused on education, birth and life-saving skills. He also started a project in 2017, Bloom Afghanistan, with the goal of strengthening the country’s private sector. In 2021, the Corbett family evacuated as the Taliban took control of the country. Corbett returned to Afghanistan a year later and was captured by the Taliban, which his family suspects was because of his "value as political leverage."
There aren’t many details on McKenty or exactly why he was in Afghanistan. According to the BBC, his family asked for privacy.