2 Americans Freed by Taliban in Prisoner Swap

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.
White House cheers release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban brokered by Biden, Qatar
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 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.
2 Americans released in exchange for Taliban prisoner
Two Americans have been freed in a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban in exchange for a Taliban figure, officials said Tuesday.
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.
NY man freed by Taliban in prisoner exchange
The prisoner exchange was the result of "long and productive" negotiations between Afghan and American authorities, Afghanistan's foreign ministry said in a statement. Mohammad was arrested in eastern Afghanistan in 2006 and extradited to the U.S a year later, according to the DOJ website.
Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says
The family of Ryan Corbett of New York confirmed his release, while the Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was freed.
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After more than two years of being detained by the Taliban, Western New Yorker Ryan Corbett is finally coming home after being freed. Corbett will soon be reunited with his wife and their three children.
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