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Mark Frerichs is a 58-year-old American civilian contractor and a former Navy diver. He was abducted in Kabul last year, right around the time the Trump administration was finalizing the deal that would end the United States s troop presence in Afghanistan after 20 years.
His initial captors reportedly turned him over to the shadowy Haqqani network, a group on the State Department s list of terrorist organizations, and it s believed that the Taliban took custody of him sometime last year.
Frerichs s family is worried that with U.S. troops now beating a hasty retreat from Afghanistan, the efforts to free the Navy veteran may fall by the wayside.
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Afghanistan withdrawal draws concerns over abducted Lombard man Twitter via APIn this undated photo Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Lombard, poses in Iraq in this undated photo obtained from Twitter that he would include with his resume when job hunting. Frerichs was abducted in Afghanistan in January 2020.
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WASHINGTON As the U.S. moves to withdraw its military from Afghanistan over the next five months, concerns are growing about one American who risks being left behind.
Mark Frerichs, a contractor from Lombard, Illinois, believed held for more than a year by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network, was not mentioned in President Joe Biden s address on Afghanistan last week. Nor was the troop withdrawal, scheduled to be complete by Sept. 11, conditioned on his release from custody, fueling concerns that the U.S. could lose bargaining power to get Frerichs home once its military presence is removed from the country.