Family Freed by Taliban Faction After 5 Years An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children have been freed after being held for five years by the Haqqani network, a faction of the Taliban. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:United Nations Appoints Alison Smale of The New York Times to Top Post for Public InformationManafort’s Home Searched as Part of Mueller InquiryThe Interpreter: Threats of Nuclear War With North Korea May Be Scary, but not Necessarily DangerousNawaz Sharif, Ousted Pakistani Leader, Leaves Capital — but Not MeeklyTaliban Leader Feared Pakistan Before He Was KilledMemo from Europe: Europe’s Leaders Curtail Summer Holidays in Light of Crises