Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Wednesday announced the death of Australian Jibra'il Omar, who had returned to the country after having been kidnapped and held hostage by the group for more than three years.

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Taliban Announce Death Of Australian Ex-hostage Who Returned To Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have announced the death of an Australian man who had returned to the country after having been held hostage by the group for more than three years.

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An Australian academic and ex-Taliban hostage has died in Afghanistan after battling cancer “for a long time”.

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Aussie ex-hostage dies in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghanistan´s Taliban authorities on Wednesday announced the death of Australian Jibra´il Omar, who had returned to the country after having being kidnapped and held hostage by...

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Taliban announce death of Australian ex-hostage who returned to Afghanistan

Jibra’il Omar, an Australian citizen previously known as Timothy Weeks, has died of cancer in Afghanistan at the age of 55.
Omar gained international attention when he was kidnapped in 2016 while working as an English lecturer at the American University in Kabul.
After being held hostage for over three years by the Taliban, he was released in 2019 in a prisoner exchange and later embraced the culture and religion of the country where he had endu…

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Timothy Weeks, alias Jibra’il Omar, 54, was held by Taliban for 3 years before being released, converting to Islam - Anadolu Ajansı

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Timothy Weeks had converted to Islam after his release, changed his name and returned to Kabul in the summer of 2022 on the first anniversary of the return to power of the Taliban.

Timothy Weeks s'était converti à l’islam après sa libération, avait changé son nom et était retourné à Kaboul à l'été 2022 à l’occasion du premier anniversaire du retour au pouvoir des talibans.

Ancien otage des talibans, il était retourné en Afghanistan après sa conversion à l’islam : Timothy Weeks est mort

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Former hostage of the Taliban, he returned to Afghanistan after converting to Islam: Timothy Weeks is dead

Jibra'il Omar, originally named Timothy Weeks before he converted to Islam, was taken hostage by the Taliban in 2016. He returned to the country in 2022, partly to "celebrate the one-year anniversary" of the group's return to power.

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Australian man who was held hostage by the Taliban, then celebrated their victory, dies

The Taliban issued a statement about Timothy Weeks who had returned to live in Afghanistan after their return to power.

Οι Ταλιμπάν εξέδωσαν ανακοίνωση για τον Τίμοθι Γουίκς που είχε επιστρέψει για να ζήσει στο Αφγανιστάν μετά την επιστροφή τους στην εξουσία

Αφγανιστάν: Πέθανε ο Τίμοθι Γουίκς - Υπήρξε όμηρος των Ταλιμπάν, απελευθερώθηκε και ασπάστηκε το Ισλάμ

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Afghanistan: Timothy Weeks dies - He was held hostage by the Taliban, was released and converted to Islam

The Taliban government announced today, Wednesday (08/01), the death of Australian Timothy Weeks, who was held hostage for three years before being released in 2019, but he chose to…More...

Η κυβέρνηση των Ταλιμπάν ανακοίνωσε σήμερα Τετάρτη (08/01) τον θάνατο του Αυστραλού Τίμοθι Γουίκς, τον οποίον κρατούσαν όμηρο επί τρία χρόνια προτού τον απελευθερώσουν το 2019, αλλά εκείνος επέλεξε να…Περισσότερα...

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Former Taliban hostage who converted to Islam and returned to Afghanistan dies

The death of Australian Timothy Weeks, who was held hostage for three years before being released in 2019, but who chose to return to Afghanistan after converting to Islam, was announced... Afghanistan: Australian dies after converting to Islam after being held hostage by the Taliban - NAVY COMMERCE

Τον θάνατο του Αυστραλού Τίμοθι Γουίκς, τον οποίον κρατούσαν όμηρο επί τρία χρόνια προτού τον απελευθερώσουν το 2019, αλλά εκείνος επέλεξε να επιστρέψει στο Αφγανιστάν αφότου ασπάστηκε το Ισλάμ, ανακοίνωσε…Αφγανιστάν: Πέθανε ο Αυστραλός, που μετά την ομηρία του από τους Ταλιμπάν ασπάστηκε το Ισλάμ - Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ

Taliban announces death of Australian ex-hostage who returned to Afghanistan

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