Kevin King, a 60-year-old American, and Timothy John Weeks, a 48-year-old Australian, professors of the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), were kidnapped from Kabul by Taliban in August 2016.
Two well-known people who are close to the Taliban in Kabul say the insurgent group has demanded release of Anas Haqqani and Rashid Omari, two key members of the insurgency and a number of commanders and governors totaling 80 prisoners in exchange . . .









