Timothy Weeks — who spent almost three years being held hostage by the Taliban — describes hearing explosions and machine gun fire during one of the failed attempts to free him.
An Australian teacher who spent more than three years being held hostage by the Taliban believes US Navy SEALs tried and failed six times to free him.
Speaking to media in Sydney, Timothy Weeks described hearing explosions and machine gun fire during one of the attempts. "I believe, and I hope that this is correct, that they came in six times to try to get us, and that a number of times, they missed us only by hours," he said. Mr Weeks and an American colleague were abducted in 2016 outside the American University in Kabul where they both worked as teachers.
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