Afghan Taliban member freed from US custody in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says
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
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 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.
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.
Afghan Prisoner in U.S. Custody Freed in Exchange for American Citizens, Kabul Says
(Reuters) - An Afghan prisoner in American custody was freed in exchange for U.S. citizens, Afghanistan's foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
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.
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 Freed by Taliban in Prisoner Swap
The last-minute deal was the final capstone in Biden’s campaign to release dozens of Americans detained abroad.
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.
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