The family of American hostage George Glezmann, a 65 year-old airline mechanic from Atlanta, Georgia, who has been held in Afghanistan for nearly two years, has told the White House they will negotiate directly with the Taliban to try and secure his release.
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, a representative for Glezmann’s family wrote to senior U.S. national security officials last week and accused them of neglecting his case.
George Taylor, the family’s representative, asked national security adviser Jake Sullivan, lead hostage negotiator Roger Carstens and others in an e-mail “to exhibit the necessary courage and leadership that it takes to facilitate the release of George.”
