"Trump's Exaggerated Claim: Are Many Americans 'Hostages' in Afghanistan?"

Former President Donald Trump exaggerates the claim that many Americans are "hostages" in Afghanistan, with two senior Biden administration national security officials stating that the Taliban is holding two Americans, while others are in the country of their own volition. The State Department cannot provide an exact figure for how many U.S. citizens are in Afghanistan and seeking assistance to leave. At least 67,000 Afghans have applied for special immigrant visas, and the Taliban have reportedly killed at least 200 members of the Afghan security forces and banned girls over the age of 11 from attending school.