Foreign Policy

Taliban’s acting interior minister may be holding American hostage

By Asher Notheis
Published September 8, 2021 2:44pm ET
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Taliban’s acting interior minister may be holding American hostage
An Afghan security force member walks at the site of suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this 2018 file photograph. | (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

The Taliban have appointed an acting interior minister who is believed to be holding an American hostage and is wanted by the FBI.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is wanted by the FBI for $10 million, is a “specially designated global terrorist” in the bureau’s database. He is believed to be holding at least one American hostage, and he will oversee law enforcement in Kabul, Afghanistan, as acting interior minister, according to Fox News.

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