An Indescribable Feeling’: After 2 Years Held Hostage by Taliban, George Glezmann is Back Home


Washington D.C. – WSBTV, April 01, 2025

An American hostage that was freed last month from the Taliban in Afghanistan is now back home.

George Glezmann arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport around 5 p.m. Tuesday evening, and Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne was there to greet him.

Glezmann was abducted by the Taliban in 2022 while on vacation in Kabul and held prisoner there until a month ago.

The freed hostage said he feels ‘gratitude and emotion’ being back home here in Atlanta.

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