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Afghanistan withdrawal draws concerns over abducted American

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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. “Any leverage that we had, we've just now announced to the world and to the Taliban and the Haqqanis that we're going to pull

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