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U.S. Parents Extremely Worried About 'Taliban' Son
Friday, December 7, 2001
By Justin Pritchard
The Associated Press

John Phillip Walker Lindh is seen in this 1998 family photo at age 18.
Photo Credit: AP Photo/family handout.

Walker's parents have described him as an introvert and a pacifist who converted to Islam when he was 16.

SAN FRANCISCO -- AP
The parents of the Californian found holed up with Taliban troops in Afghanistan said Friday that the government has given them no word about his condition or whereabouts.

Through their attorney, Frank Lindh and Marilyn Walker said they are "desperately worried" about 20-year-old John Walker, who was taken into custody nearly a week ago by U.S. forces after a bloody prison uprising near Mazar-e-Sharif.

Attorney James Brosnahan told The Associated Press on Friday he had sent a fax to the Department of Defense seeking information on Walker's whereabouts, and also contacted the State Department.

Neither agency provided information, he said.
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