Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in swap with Taliban brokered by Biden
The swap that freed two Americans was brokered before President Biden left office Monday, according to a Trump administration official.
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.
Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says
Afghan Taliban member Khan Mohammed was convicted in 2008 on narco-terrorism charges. Read more at straitstimes.com.
2 Americans held in Afghanistan freed in prisoner exchange, Taliban says
A prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California, officials said.
US-Taliban Prisoner Exchange Finalized After 6 Months of Talks
The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes amid ongoing tensions between the two parties, with Kabul-based sources revealing that the Taliban still holds at least five US citizens.
2 American prisoners exchanged for Afghan
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.
Two Americans Freed in US-Taliban Prisoner Exchange
Two Americans were freed in exchange for a Taliban figure in a prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban, officials said on Tuesday.
2 Americans freed from Afghanistan in prisoner exchange, Taliban says
ISLAMABAD (AP) — 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.
Two Americans freed in prisoner exchange with Taliban just before Trump takes office
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."
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,
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.
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