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Saw looming death, but didn’t lose hope: Weeks

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KABUL for three years, has recalled his ordeal. 

The US special forces made half a dozen attempts to rescue him and his American colleague but failed, Timothy Weeks told reporters in Sydney.

He was freed by the Taliban in November along with US citizen Kevin King in return for the release of three Taliban commanders.

The two men were taken hostage in August 2016 outside the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul and kept in captivity . . .

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