Freed Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks has spoken publicly for the first time since his ordeal ended earlier this month and his return to Australia on Thursday night.
Freed Taliban hostage Timothy Weeks said he believed his death "was imminent" but he "never gave up hope" of being rescued, after spending three-and-a-half years being held hostage by the Taliban.
Mr Weeks and his American colleague Kevin King were released as part of a prisoner exchange deal between the Taliban and the Afghan government. The Australian spoke to reporters on Sunday for the first since his release. "At times I felt my death was imminent and that I would never return to see those that I love again, but I am here, I am alive, I am safe and I am free, so there is nothing else in the world that I need", he said.
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