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Their son Jonathan called on the White House to intervene after Faye Hall, an American who was detained alongside them, was released last week by the Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.

The Taliban gang has its stronghold in Canaan, a suburb in the north of Port-au-Prince.

Ms Hall is the fourth US citizen released by the Taliban since January after Qatar brokered an agreement with them.

The dropping of bounties by the US government is evidence that its stature is also growing externally, among parts of the international community keen to engage with the Taliban.

Nadim fled Afghanistan for Europe with her mother and four sisters when she was 11 after her father was executed by the Taliban.