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.
Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange
ISLAMABAD -- A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
Taliban says it has released two Americans in prisoner swap
The deal was struck for Khan Mohammad, a member of the Taliban serving two life sentences in a U.S. prison on 'narco-terrorism charges.'
Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says
An Afghan prisoner in U.S. custody was freed in exchange for two American citizens, authorities in Afghanistan said on Tuesday. The Afghan citizen, Khan Mohammad, had been sentenced to life imprisonment by U.
Afghan Prisoner in U.S. Custody Freed in Exchange for American Citizens, Kabul Says
(Reuters) - An Afghan prisoner in American custody was freed in exchange for U.S. citizens, Afghanistan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
U.S. and Afghanistan carry out prisoner swap, confirm Taliban and family
The United States and Afghanistan have executed a prisoner swap, the Taliban announced early Tuesday. Scarce details released on the exchange state that an Afghan national held in the United States was exchanged for at least one detained American,
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.
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