Paul Edwin Overby Jr. (born November 27, 1942)[1] is an American author who disappeared on his way to Waziristan, in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, to interview Sirajuddin Haqqani.
[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Overby's wife, Jane Larson, revealed it happened on May 17, 2014.
[5] However, on February 28, 2017, the Taliban released a statement denying that they had kidnapped Overby.
[11] On March 19, 2019, journalist David Rodhe, a former hostage himself, noted in The New Yorker, that Overby was one of the Americans still in captivity.
[12] On May 8, 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation offered a $1 million reward for information leading to his rescue.