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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.
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,
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.
American held in Afghanistan has been released, his family says
The Taliban had confirmed they were holding Ryan Corbett, who was arrested in August 2022 and whom the State Department had classified as wrongfully detained.
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.
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
Adam Goldman and Julian Barnes reported from Washington, and Carol Rosenberg from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. 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.
Afghan Taliban government announces prisoner swap with US
The Taliban government said Tuesday it had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
High-Stakes Prisoner Swap: The Untold Story of an Afghan Exchange
An Afghan prisoner was released by the U.S. in exchange for two American citizens. Convicted Taliban member Khan Mohammad was freed after serving time in California. Americans Ryan Corbett and William McKenty returned home,
Taliban releases US Citizens in prisoner swap deal for jailed Afghan mujahid
Following extensive and productive negotiations between Afghanistan and the US, an agreement was reached facilitating the release of an Afghan Mujahid, Khan Mohammad, from a US prison in exchange for the release of American nationals,
Taliban announce the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange
The two were exchanged for a man arrested in eastern Afghanistan two decades ago who has been serving a life sentence in a California prison.
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.
Taliban deputy urges leader to lift 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 ...
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Senior Taliban official criticises group’s policies towards women: ‘There is no excuse for this’
A senior Taliban official has called on the militant group to open schools for women and girls, a rare sign of internal divisions around one of the flagship policies of Afghanistan’s de facto rulers.
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 ...
Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns
The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping ...
India steps up diplomatic relations with the Taliban as rival Pakistan loses influence in Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan have taken a significant step in securing their first high-level bilateral engagement. No foreign ...
Exclusive-Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., ...
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They were part of Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. Then their lives were turned upside down.
In 2021, six women — two pilots and four cabin crew — participated in Afghanistan’s first-ever all-female flight. It was a ...