WACO -- Two American women, imprisoned in Afghanistan for teaching Christianity, said Saturday that the celebrity that has followed them since their release is "strange" but they hope to use it as a ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- In the Taliban prisons where Heather Mercer spent the previous three months, jailers regarded her as a sister, allowed her to sing and pray, and occasionally delivered meals ...

I am writing in response to the Jan. 2 letter, "Mercer needs to re-evaluate her priorities." The writer said that because of Heather Mercer's "ignorance," she put U.S. citizens in danger. This young ...