The man who authorities say held hostages inside a Texas synagogue on Saturday demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan.
She's a Pakistani neuroscientist who studied in the United States at prestigious institutions -- Brandeis University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Inside an interview room at an Afghan police compound, authorities say, she grabbed the M-4 rifle of a U.S. Army officer and opened fire on members of the U.S. team assigned to interrogate her. In the years since, Pakistani leaders have openly floated the idea of swaps or deals that could result in her release.
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