Officials confirmed the swap as Donald Trump took office on Tuesday. The Taliban’s foreign ministry in Kabul confirmed the deal, hailing it as a step toward the “normalisation” of ties ...

The Taliban government said on January 21 they ... Discussions about the prisoner exchange were confirmed last year, but the swap was announced after outgoing US president Joe Biden handed over ...

"So when are they going to release the details of the prisoner swap with Russia ... were freed by the Taliban after more than three years in captivity. In return, the Afghan government freed ...

Ksenia Karelina, an American citizen detained in Russia, praised President Donald Trump for securing her release from ...

Here in Muscat, the capital of Oman nestled against the sheer stone heights of the Hajar Mountains, Iran and the United States will meet for talks over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program for ...

At least 26 Americans held abroad have been released since President Donald Trump assumed office in January.

The following year, a top Taliban official offered to swap her for two Swiss citizens who'd been kidnapped in Baluchistan. And al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for Siddiqui's release ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan’s ...

The Taliban's supreme leader said Sunday there is "no need" for Western laws in Afghanistan, noting that democracy is dead as long as sharia laws are in place. Hibatullah Akhundzada was speaking ...

Russia’s Supreme Court lifted a ban against the Taliban on Thursday, removing Afghanistan’s rulers from a list of terror groups as ties deepen between Moscow and ...