The prisoner swap was brokered before President Joe Biden left office Monday, according to a Trump administration official.
The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes ...
Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange ...
The last-minute deal was the final capstone in Biden’s campaign to release dozens of Americans detained abroad.
Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were freed in exchange for an Afghan Taliban member who had been serving a life sentence in ...
In a significant diplomatic development, two Americans detained in Afghanistan have been released in a prisoner exchange with ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville-connected man, Ryan Corbett, is returning home after being wrongfully detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly two-and-a-half years. His release marks ...
At least one American detained in Afghanistan was released amid the U.S. presidential transition, according to his family, in an apparent prisoner exchange with the Taliban.
U.S. officials and media confirmed the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in exchange for a Taliban man imprisoned for life in California on drug and terrorism charges. Taliban leaders on ...
Ryan Corbett, who moved to Afghanistan in 2010 to work with NGOs and later started his own business, was detained in 2022.