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美国于周五就一名12年前在阿富汗失踪的美国公民案件，重新提供总额600万美元的两笔悬赏金。
美国联邦调查局表示，自由撰稿人保罗·埃德温·奥弗比二世（Paul Edwin Overby Jr.）2014年5月时正在为一本书做调研，他曾表示自己可能会越境进入巴基斯坦，随后在阿富汗霍斯特省失踪。
奥弗比此前曾撰写过一本关于阿富汗的非虚构作品《神圣血脉：阿富汗战争的内部视角》（Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War）。路透社报道称，他的妻子简·拉森（Jane Larson）表示，他当时正在研究这本书的续作，并希望采访塔利班盟友哈卡尼激进网络的头目西拉杰丁·哈卡尼（Sirajuddin Haqqani）。
他的妻子在2017年告诉一家巴基斯坦媒体，她相信丈夫遭到绑架，并呼吁绑匪让“这对年迈的夫妇”团聚。奥弗比如今应该已经83岁。
“十多年来，联邦调查局的探员和分析人员一直不知疲倦地寻找保罗，努力将他带回家。”负责外勤的助理局长达伦·考克斯（Darren Cox）说道。“我们将继续与合作机构协调，追查所有可信线索，直到我们能为保罗的家人带来他们等待了12年之久的答案。”
塔利班近期已释放了多名在阿富汗被错误扣押的美国人。今年3月，来自科罗拉多州的64岁学者兼语言专家丹尼斯·科伊尔（Dennis Coyle）获释。
在卡塔尔谈判代表的斡旋下，瑞安·科贝特（Ryan Corbett）及另一名美国人威廉·麦肯蒂（William McKenty）于2025年1月获释，作为交换，一名因贩毒罪名被判处终身监禁的塔利班人员被释放。
乔治·格莱兹曼（George Glezmann）及另一名美国人费伊·霍尔（Faye Hall）于2025年3月获释，随后第五名美国人阿米尔·阿米尔里（Amir Amiri）于去年9月被释放。
美国联邦调查局华盛顿外勤办公室宣布提供最高100万美元的悬赏金。美国国务院的“正义奖励计划”仍将提供最高500万美元的悬赏金。
两笔悬赏均针对能提供线索、帮助找到奥弗比的下落、找回其遗体并将其送回国的信息，目前均无人申领。
U.S. reups $6 million reward in case of American who vanished 12 years ago in Afghanistan
May 15, 2026 / 5:27 PM EDT / CBS News
The United States on Friday reupped two rewards totalling $6 million in the case of an American who vanished 12 years ago in Afghanistan.
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.
Overby had written an earlier nonfiction book on Afghanistan, “Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War.” Reuters reported his wife, Jane Larson, said he was researching a follow-up to the book and hoped to interview Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the Taliban-allied Haqqani militant network.
Photo of American Paul Edwin Overby, Jr., who vanished in Afghanistan in 2014. FBI
His wife told a Pakistani newspaper in 2017 that she believed he was kidnapped and appealed to his kidnappers to reunite “an aging couple.” Overby would be 83 years old.
“For over a decade, FBI agents and analysts have worked tirelessly to find Paul and bring him home,” Assistant Director in Charge Darren Cox said. “We will continue to coordinate with partner agencies and pursue all credible leads until we can provide Paul’s family with the answers they’ve waited 12 years to hear.”
The Taliban has recently released several Americans wrongfully detained in Afghanistan. In March, Dennis Coyle, a 64-year-old academic and language expert from Colorado, was released from detention.
Ryan Corbett and another American, William McKenty, were released in January 2025, with the help of Qatari negotiators, in exchange for a Taliban figure who had been imprisoned for life on drug trafficking charges.
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George Glezmann and another American, Faye Hall, were released in March 2025, followed by a fifth American, Amir Amiri, who was freed last September.
The FBI Washington Field Office announced a reward of up to $1 million. The U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program is still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information.
Both rewards for information leading to Overby’s location, recovery and return remain unclaimed.
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