2 Americans Freed by Taliban in Prisoner Swap

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
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.
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.
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The family thanked both the Biden and Trump administrations for "countless hours of negotiations, unwavering support, and determination."
U.S. and Afghanistan carry out prisoner swap, confirm Taliban and family
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The United States and Afghanistan have carried out a prisoner swap, the Taliban announced early Tuesday. Scarce details released on the exchange state that an Afghan national held in the United States was exchanged for at least one detained American, Ryan Corbett.
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Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were en route back to the United States early Tuesday in exchange for Khan Mohammed, the first person to be convicted on US narco-terrorism laws.
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.
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In our news wrap Tuesday, a prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban secured the release of American Ryan Corbett from Afghanistan, two top Israeli generals resigned over the military's failure to stop the Oct.
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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.
Taliban says 2 Americans freed in prisoner swap with U.S., and Ryan Corbett's family says he's one of them
Afghanistan's Taliban government announced the release of 2 Americans in a prisoner exchange. Ryan Corbett's family says he's one of them.

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