Jan 21, 2025 · The Taliban praised the swap as a step toward the “normalization” of ties between the U.S. and Afghanistan. That is likely a tall order, as most countries still don’t recognize the Taliban’s rule and two other Americans are believed held. The Trump White House cheered the release and thanked Qatar for its assistance with the deal while ...

Jan 21, 2025 · 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...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Taliban-run Afghan Foreign Ministry announced the swap, saying two U.S. citizens had been exchanged for Khan Mohammed, who was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2008 in the U.S.

Jan 21, 2025 · Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody in a prisoner swap, according to his family. The Taliban’s foreign ministry confirmed the swap in their own statement, saying Corbett and another American national were exchanged for Khan Mohammad.

Jan 21, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 21, 2025 · 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...

Jan 21, 2025 · The Taliban's foreign ministry said the deal was the done as a result of "long and fruitful negotiations" and was completed shortly before Trump was sworn in Monday. Mohammad was arrested about ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Khan Mohammad was a member of the Taliban taken captive in Afghanistan during the US's military engagement. He was jailed in 2008.Joe Biden commuted his sentence just before he left office.

Jan 21, 2025 · The US and Afghanistan have struck a deal exchanging two American prisoners for Khan Mohammed, a Taliban member serving a life sentence in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges....

Sep 19, 2022 · KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban government of Afghanistan on Monday said that it had freed an American engineer, Mark R. Frerichs, in exchange for the release by the United States of a...