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Administration in Afghanistan and went on to serve as 
head of Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority; 
Whereas, in 2019, Mahmood Habibi began pursuing his mas-
ter’s degree at Georgetown University and joined ARX 
Communications, a Virginia-based telecommunications 
firm responsible for operating the infrastructure of Af-
ghanistan’s civilian airports; 
Whereas Mahmood Habibi is known to his family, friends, 
colleagues, and associates as a loving husband and fa-
ther, as well as a kind, intelligent man; 
Whereas Mahmood Habibi was arrested by the Taliban in 
August 2022, because the Taliban made an assumption 
that Mahmood Habibi’s employer might have been in-
volved in the United States drone strike in Kabul that 
killed an Al-Qaeda leader; 
Whereas Mahmood Habibi was arrested outside his home in 
Afghanistan while the Taliban searched his home and 
took his laptop and paperwork; 
Whereas, on August 10, 2022, Mahmood Habibi and 30 of 
his ARX colleagues were in Afghanistan for business and 
were detained by the Taliban; 
Whereas the Taliban-run General Directorate of Intelligence 
(‘‘GDI’’) interrogated Mahmood Habibi and 30 of his col-
leagues, eventually releasing 29 of them except Mahmood 
Habibi and one of his colleagues; 
Whereas the Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications have 
admitted Mahmood Habibi is in the hands of the GDI, 
but the Taliban continue to refuse to acknowledge that 
they are holding him captive; 
Whereas the Taliban detained Mahmood Habibi and have 
held him captive without explanation, being charged with 
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a crime, or granting him due process in any judicial pro-
ceedings; 
Whereas the Taliban have detained Mahmood Habibi without 
contact with his wife, 2-year-old daughter, or any other 
family member; and 
Whereas Mahmood Habibi’s family members have struggled 
mentally, emotionally, and financially since his abduction: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls on the Taliban to immediately and un-
conditionally release Mahmood Habibi and all other 
United States detainees; 
(2) urges the Taliban to respect Mahmood 
Habibi’s human rights and to provide full, unfet-
tered, and consistent health and safety visits to 
Mahmood Habibi while in detention; 
(4) urges all United States executive branch of-
ficials to continue to raise the case of Mahmood 
Habibi and to press for his immediate release in all 
interactions with the Taliban; 
(5) condemns the Taliban’s practice of hostage 
taking and demands that the Taliban stop detaining 
United States citizens for political gain; 
(6) expresses sympathy for and solidarity with 
the families of all other citizens and lawful perma-
nent residents of the United States wrongfully de-
tained abroad; and 
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(7) expresses support for the family of 
Mahmood Habibi and a commitment to bringing 
Mahmood Habibi home. 
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