George Glezmann, an American citizen who has spent more than two years in detention in Afghanistan was released on Thursday and is now on his way to the United States, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN.

An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban.

George Glezmann from Atlanta was released two years after he was seized by the Taliban while traveling as a tourist in Afghanistan.