Speaking publicly for the first time since his release on Nov. 20, former Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks said six rescue attempts — including at least one by U.S. Special Forces — failed to win his freedom. His Taliban captors hustled him into an underground tunnel beneath his prison as fighting raged above. Weeks said his captors told him they were under attack from Islamic State fighters, but he now believes it was U.S. Navy SEALs. The two were freed in return for three senior Taliban commanders last month, although King remains in hospital in Germany undergoing treatment. (They) don’t get a choice.”His ordeal had “a profound and unimaginable effect on me,” he told reporters.

Source: National Post December 02, 2019 16:41 UTC