Family fears for U.S. hostage Ryan Corbett's health in Taliban prison after "deeply disturbing" phone call

The family of Ryan Corbett, an American humanitarian who has been imprisoned without charge by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers since August 2022, said a brief, "disturbing" phone call from him this week has them increasingly concerned about his declining mental and physical health.

Anna Corbett, Ryan's wife, said in a statement that she and their three children received a "deeply disturbing 12-minute call from Ryan" on Tuesday, "in which Ryan exhibited a significantly deteriorated mental state. His captors have told him that he is forgotten by his country, and it seems he now believes them."

The family, who live in New York, said Ryan told them on the call that he'd suffered from "high fevers last week that went undiagnosed."