Paul Overby

Paul Edwin Overby Jr. (born November 27, 1942) is an American author who disappeared on his way to Waziristan, in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, to interview Sirajuddin Haqqani. He also briefly lived in Zanzibar in that time. In 1993, Overby published a book on the Soviet–Afghan War, Holy Blood: An Inside View of the Afghan War. Writing for CNN in 2017, Peter Bergen described Overby as being from Western Massachusetts. In May 2026, the United States government issued a statement renewing its call for Overby's return.