Wife of Taliban detainee fights for his release from Afghanistan
Anna Corbett is so desperate to get the Biden Administration to make good on its promise to help rescue her husband, detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan two years ago, that she made aSaturday marks two years since her husband, 41-year-old Ryan Corbett, was arrested, along with three associates –- a German citizen and two Afghans –- on a business trip to northern Afghanistan.
“I am standing just yards away from the West Wing of the White House, where the president is sitting and where national security adviser Jake Sullivan is also sitting,” she said in the in shaky voice. “When I met with in January, he said that he would meet with me again by the State of the Union if Ryan wasn’t home.”Former YouTube CEO, Google executive dead at 56 — months after her son died in campus dorm“I have written emails, I have asked to meet with him — they’ve all been ignored.
The Corbetts lived in Kabul from 2010 to 2021. Ryan, who speaks Pashto, worked for local NGOs before starting a microloan and consulting business in the Afghan capital. Ryan Corbett is “weak” and “malnourished” after two years being held in a windowless cell by the Taliban. His wife is asking the Biden Administration to help him before it’s too late.
“It should not be the case that only detainees with high profiles get this White House’s full attention,” she said in a statement.
Meghan Markle Opens Up About Suicidal Thoughts In Candid ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ Interview: “I Would Never Want Someone Else To Feel That Way”Anna Corbett, the wife of Taliban detainee Ryan Corbett, 43, stood outside the West Wing last week begging the Biden Administration to help free her husband.Ryan Corbett is"weak" and"malnourished" after two years being held in a windowless cell by the Taliban.
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