The Taliban militants group has released the video of an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped by the group last year.

    The 13-minute video purportedly shows the making desperate pleas for their lives.

    The hostages have been identified as Timothy Weekes, an English teacher from Sydney, and Kevin King, a professor from the United States, Afghan News Agency (Khaama) reported.

    The video is released months after reports emerged that the US forces conducted an operation to release them but no achievement was made in the raid.

Source: QNA