U.S. Family Rescued from Afghanistan After Years of Captivity

A Pakistani army soldier in the tribal area of Khyber.

An American woman along with her husband and three children held captive in Afghanistan since October 2012 were recovered yesterday by Pakistani forces, officials said Thursday.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. government secured the release of the family by working together with Pakistan, a development that both sides could signal a warming of relations between the two countries.

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