25-year-old Heather Mercer had been in Afghanistan serving as a relief work for four months when she was arrested by the Taliban, for sharing her faith in God with an afghan family. Such a “crime” is ...

WASHINGTON – Two young American aid workers who stood accused of preaching Christianity in Afghanistan and were held captive by the Taliban for three months came to the White House yesterday and ...

WACO, Texas – For nearly three months, people gathered day and night in a small room at Antioch Community Church, praying and crying for two of their own jailed in Afghanistan after being accused of ...

Somewhere in an unknown location in Afghanistan, Heather Mercer, of Vienna, is in a prison, surrounded by militant Islamic guards, unable to see her family -- and on trial in the country's highest ...

“Former Taliban hostages Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer talk about the risks they took, the imprisonment they suffered, and their hopes to return to ‘the hardest place on Earth.'” On August 3 last ...

She was caught in the cross-fire in the war on terror, and in the process, inspired thousands of prayers. Heather Mercer made headlines in 2001 when, while working as a missionary worker, she was ...

Life after the Taliban for Christian aid workers Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry includes an agent, a book deal, press conferences, and autograph-seekers everywhere who want to take their pictures.