George Glezmann, the Atlanta man captured in Afghanistan and held by the Taliban for more than two years before his release this week, had his long-awaited reunion with his wife Friday.

George Glezmann, an American detained in Afghanistan for more than two years before being released by the Taliban, arrived in the United States on Friday, where he reunited with his wife and was greeted by a welcoming party that included his former cellmate.

The Taliban freed an American hostage after enduring two and a half years of captivity in Afghanistan, the State Department