"We know that he is innocent and he would not do anything wrong which could bring his life or his family's life at risk," Khan, 33, said at her home on Tuesday. "The U.S. government should bring him back."
Three years after Taliban agents arrested an Afghan-born American citizen and took him blindfolded into custody for interrogation, his wife, living in the Salinas Valley, is hopeful they'll be reunited soon. Zulhija Khan hasn't seen or heard from her husband, Mahmood Habibi, as she lives in the small farming community of Soledad with their daughter and her parents. Now Khan and her family are waiting anxiously for any news about closely-guarded prisoner swap negotiations between U.S. officials and the Taliban government.