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How Heather Mercer’s Hostage Stint Turned into Global Hope
After 9/11, the missionary’s ten-year journey leads from the Taliban to Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Double Jeopardy
“Former Taliban hostages Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer talk about the risks they took, the imprisonment they suffered, and their hopes to return to ‘the hardest place on Earth.'”
The Agony of the Families
“As aid workers in Afghanistan went from defendants under draconian law to hostages in a war, their loved ones at home also underwent a trial”
Afghanistan: Entrapment Suspected
Shelter Now leader believes workers were pawns in Taliban scheme
Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry Go Home to Waco
Church will send short-term mission to Afghanistan in the spring
Afghanistan: Caught in the Crossfire
Family, churches press for release of American missionaries in Kabul
Dayna Curry Will Celebrate Her 30th Birthday in a Taliban Prison
“With trial indefinitely postponed, the future is murky for Shelter Now hostages.”
“Diplomats Receive Visas Into Afghanistan, but Will Only Meet with Officials”
“Over a week after raid on Shelter Germany, future for workers still unclear.”
Aid Workers Held Captive
Taliban alleges housing group’s staff engaged in evangelism.