The Taliban has freed two Americans held in Afghanistan as part of a prisoner swap. The release came in return for the handover of a Taliban figure serving a life sentence in the United States on drug trafficking and terrorism charges. #Taliban #Captives #Afghanistan #PrisonerSwap #LifeSentence #DrugTrafficking #Terrorism #DonaldTrump #Biden
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Talibanreleases2Americansheldcaptive;familyofRyanCorbett‘praiseGod’forsustaininghimByAnugrahKumar,ChristianPostContributorThursday,January23,2025RyanCorbettandwifeAnnaCorbett|Screenshot/FacebookTheTalibanhasfreedtwoAmericansheldinAfghanistanaspartofaprisonerswap.ThereleasecameinreturnforthehandoverofaTalibanfigureservingalifesentenceintheUnitedStatesondrugtraffickingandterrorismcharges.
RyanCorbettandWilliamMcKenty,theAmericanswhogainedtheirfreedomintheexchangethisweek,weretransferredthroughQatarbeforereturninghome,CBSNews reported.
AfghanForeignMinistryofficialssaidtheyhadtradedthemforKhanMohammed,whoreceivedtwolifesentencesina2008trialintheU.S.,accordingtoTheAssociatedPress
