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Taliban announce the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner exchange

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The Taliban's Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens, but said they were exchanged for Khan Muhammad,

CBS News · 2h

Taliban says 2 Americans freed in prisoner swap and Ryan Corbett's family says he's one of them

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The family of Ryan Corbett says he's one of them.

ABC · 1h

2 Americans freed from Afghanistan in prisoner swap, family and Taliban say

Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody, his family said.

CNN on MSN · 2h

Two Americans held in Afghanistan traded for Taliban prisoner in final Biden deal delayed until Trump took office

In the very last hours of President Joe Biden’s time in office, a prisoner exchange years in the making was finally struck: the Taliban agreed to swap two Americans being held in Afghanistan for one Taliban member serving a life sentence in a US prison.

Bloomberg on MSN · 2h

Taliban Releases US Citizens in Prisoner Swap for Jailed Afghan

The Taliban government in Afghanistan said Tuesday it released American citizens in a prisoner exchange for an Afghan jailed in a US prison.

devdiscourse · 1h

High Stakes Exchange: U.S. and Taliban's Diplomatic Prisoner Swap

Two Americans were freed in a U.S.-Taliban prisoner swap involving a Taliban figure, Khan Mohammed, sentenced for life on drug charges. President Biden, prior to Trump's return, coordinated the deal.

Seattle Times · 2h

2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban member imprisoned in the United States on narcotics charges.

Barron's · 1h

Afghan Taliban Government Announces Prisoner Swap With US

The Taliban government said Tuesday they had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.

Yahoo · 2h

Two Americans released by Taliban in final deal of Biden administration

The Taliban has released two American citizens in a prisoner exchange negotiated by the outgoing Biden administration, US media reports and the families of the two men said. The two Americans – Ryan Corbett and William McKenty – were exchanged for a member of the Afghan Taliban named Khan Mohammed who was convicted in 2008 on narco-terrorism charges.

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Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls' high schools to open

The Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, among the ...

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Taliban deputy says there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...

The Diplomat4d

Tiny Steps for TAPI in the Taliban’s Afghanistan

The Taliban authorities say that around 3 kilometers of the pipeline has been completed, out of more than 770 km needed to ...

The Daily Telegraph21d

Afghan Taliban’s attacks on Pakistan raise fears of all-out war

Islamist group warns Islamabad not to ‘underestimate our capabilities’ as it dispatches battalions of fighters to the border The Afghan Taliban has launched a wave of artillery strikes against ...

Fox News13d

US in negotiations with Taliban to swap Americans in Afghanistan for prisoner in Guantanamo

The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who is alleged to have been a close ...