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Hostage release to prompt ceasefire, hopes Trump

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“We join families of Kevin King & Tim Weeks in celebrating their release from (3years of) Taliban captivity,” the US leader tweeted.

While thanking President Ghani for his support, Trump wrote: “Let’s hope this leads to more good things on the peace front like a ceasefire that will help end this long war!”

Kevin King, 63, from the US, and Timothy Weeks, 50, from Australia -- professors at the American University in Afghanistan -- were abducted by the