{"id":80993,"date":"2026-05-15T23:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-reups-6-million-reward-in-case-of-american-who-vanished-12-years-ago-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:02:09","slug":"u-s-reups-6-million-reward-in-case-of-american-who-vanished-12-years-ago-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-reups-6-million-reward-in-case-of-american-who-vanished-12-years-ago-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. reups $6 million reward in case of American who vanished 12 years ago in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The United States on Friday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/washingtondc\/news\/fbi-washington-field-office-statement-on-12th-anniversary-of-the-disappearance-of-paul-edwin-overby-jr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reupped<\/a>\u00a0two rewards totalling $6 million in the case of an American who vanished 12 years ago in Afghanistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Freelance writer Paul Edwin Overby Jr., who had been conducting research for a book in May 2014, had said he might cross the border into Pakistan when he vanished in Khost province, Afghanistan, the FBI said.<\/p>\n<p>Overby had written an earlier nonfiction\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/searchworks.stanford.edu\/view\/4693765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book<\/a>\u00a0on Afghanistan, &#8220;Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War.&#8221; Reuters reported his wife, Jane Larson,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/afghanistan-missing-us-author-paul-overby-appeal\/3664115.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0he was researching a follow-up to the book and hoped to interview Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the Taliban-allied Haqqani militant network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/552b740d-28a1-4ed9-a6a2-433f1c0ae15a\/thumbnail\/620x560\/c83494660707f43ca7f89a743bb9fb12\/screenshot-2026-05-15-at-4-30-40-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-05-15-at-4-30-40-pm.png \" height=\"560\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/15\/552b740d-28a1-4ed9-a6a2-433f1c0ae15a\/thumbnail\/620x560\/c83494660707f43ca7f89a743bb9fb12\/screenshot-2026-05-15-at-4-30-40-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Photo of American Paul Edwin Overby, Jr., who vanished in Afghanistan in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                FBI<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His wife told a Pakistani newspaper in 2017 that she believed he was kidnapped and appealed to his kidnappers to reunite &#8220;an aging couple.&#8221; Overby would be 83 years old. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For over a decade, FBI agents and analysts have worked tirelessly to find Paul and bring him home,&#8221; Assistant Director in Charge Darren Cox said. &#8220;We will continue to coordinate with partner agencies and pursue all credible leads until we can provide Paul&#8217;s family with the answers they&#8217;ve waited 12 years to hear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban has recently released several Americans wrongfully detained in Afghanistan. In March,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-dennis-coyle-afghanistan-detention-1-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dennis Coyle<\/a><\/span>, a 64-year-old academic and language expert from Colorado, was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/taliban-releasing-dennis-coyle-detained-us-citizen\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released from detention<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Corbett and another American, William McKenty, were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-ryan-corbett-freed-by-taliban-in-prisoner-exchange\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in January 2025, with the help of Qatari negotiators, in exchange for a Taliban figure who had been imprisoned for life on drug trafficking charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/taliban-free-george-glezmann-american-afghanistan-trump-goodwill-gesture\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">George Glezmann<\/a><\/span> and another American, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/faye-hall-american-woman-released-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Faye Hall<\/a><\/span>, were released in March 2025, followed by a fifth American, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/amir-amiri-taliban-hostage-released-american-citizen-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Amir Amiri<\/a><\/span>, who was freed last September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FBI Washington Field Office announced a reward of up to $1 million. The U.S. Department of State&#8217;s Rewards for Justice program is still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information.<\/p>\n<p>Both rewards for information leading to Overby&#8217;s location, recovery and return remain unclaimed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 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