News Wrap: American Ryan Corbett released from Afghanistan in prisoner swap with Taliban
In our news wrap Tuesday, a prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban secured the release of American Ryan Corbett from Afghanistan, two top Israeli generals resigned over the military's failure to stop the Oct.
Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says
Americans Ryan Corbett and William W. McKenty III were freed, their families said. The Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was released.
NY man freed by Taliban in prisoner exchange
The United States has freed an Afghan convicted by an American court on charges of drug smuggling and terrorism in exchange for two U.S. citizens held in Afghanistan, authorities in Kabul said on Tuesday.
Taliban Say 2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Were Freed in a Prisoner Exchange
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.
Afghan Taliban member freed from US custody in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says
Released Afghan was a member of Taliban found guilty of narco-terrorism charges: U.S. DOJ records Ryan Corbett, NGO worker, detained in Afghanistan in 2022, among released Americans: family Exchange a result of "long and productive" negotiations with Washington,
U.S. and Afghanistan carry out prisoner swap, confirm Taliban and family
The United States and Afghanistan have carried out a prisoner swap, the Taliban announced early Tuesday. Scant details released on the exchange state that an Afghan national held in the United States was exchanged for two Americans detained in Afghanistan,
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As first Israeli hostages are released, Hamas sends a message: It is far from being destroyed
Israel’s longest war has so far failed to destroy its main enemy, Hamas, which, despite suffering devastating losses, is framing the Gaza ceasefire agreement as a victory for itself – and a ...
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'Sunshine': 3 Israeli hostages are free after 471 days in captivity. Here's who they are
Romi Gonen, 24; Doron Steinbrecher, 31; and Emily Damari, 28, were the first three Israel hostages, all women, released by the militant group Hamas on Sunday as part of a long-awaited Gaza ...
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First 3 hostages arrive in Israel after Hamas release. Here is what we know.
The first three hostages released from Gaza as part of a fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday have arrived in Israel, the military ...
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Don’t Count on the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Lasting Long
AFTER 466 DAYS OF GRUELING and deadly conflict, Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. The deal the two sides agreed on ...
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Hamas frees hostages, Israel releases Palestinian prisoners on day one of ceasefire
Ceasefire suspends 15-month-old war Gaza residents return to devastated neighborhoods, assess damage Hamas and Israel exchange hostages and prisoners amid truce GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Jan 19 ...
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Hamas releases 3 hostages under Israel cease-fire deal
The terrorist group Hamas released three hostages from Gaza hours after a cease-fire deal with Israel took effect after a brief delay Sunday. Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Demari, 27, and Doron ...
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire is necessary though imperfect
The second phase of the ceasefire still needs to be worked out, and the deal doesn’t begin to address long-term questions about Gaza’s recovery. When Hamas released a video of female Israeli ...
The Atlantic4d
Diplomacy Is All Hamas Has Left in the Arsenal
Hamas and Israel each abandoned long-standing demands in order to secure the cease-fire that takes effect today. Both parties were responding to internal and external pressures when Israel agreed ...
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Hamas Releases Three Israeli Hostages as Ceasefire Moves Forward
Hamas has sent the first three hostages back to Israel as part of the ceasefire deal that both sides hope will end the nearly 15-month conflict. Newsweek reached out to the White House and Trump ...
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KP govt delegation to visit Kabul for talks
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur says he will dispatch a delegation to Afghanistan within two weeks for talks on bilateral issues . . .