Taliban, Afghanistan

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,
Taliban says 2 Americans freed in prisoner swap and Ryan Corbett's family says he's one of them
Afghanistan's Taliban government announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The family of Ryan Corbett says he's one of them.
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 swap, family and Taliban say
Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody, his family said.
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.
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.
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
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 they had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.
Two Americans released by Taliban in final deal of Biden administration
The Taliban has released two American citizens in a prisoner exchange negotiated by the outgoing Biden administration, US media reports and the families of the two men said. The two Americans – Ryan Corbett and William McKenty – were exchanged for a member of the Afghan Taliban named Khan Mohammed who was convicted in 2008 on narco-terrorism charges.
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 ...
Taliban deputy says there is no excuse for 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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US in negotiations with Taliban to swap Americans in Afghanistan for prisoner in Guantanamo
The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who is alleged to have been a close ...
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Tiny Steps for TAPI in the Taliban’s Afghanistan
The Taliban authorities say that around 3 kilometers of the pipeline has been completed, out of more than 770 km needed to ...
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Dealing with the Taliban
WHEN the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan over three years ago, Pakistan’s policymakers assumed this would help to guarantee the stability of the country’s western border. That has ...
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Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders not to 'legitimise' Taliban
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to "legitimise" the Afghan Taliban government and to "show true leadership" by opposing their curbs on women and ...
Why India is reaching out to the Taliban now
India's latest diplomatic outreach to Afghanistan's Taliban government signals a marked shift in how it sees the geopolitical ...
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 ...