Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were freed in exchange for an Afghan Taliban member who had been serving a life sentence in California.
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.
American held in Afghanistan has been released, his family says
The Taliban had confirmed they were holding Ryan Corbett, who was arrested in August 2022 and whom the State Department had classified as wrongfully detained.
Austin, the first Black defense secretary, ends his term marred by Afghanistan but buoyed by Ukraine
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is bidding farewell to the forces and personnel he’s led through a tumultuous term.
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.
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 …
Will the new Administration bring new opportunity on Afghanistan?
Cipher Brief Expert and former Deputy Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts shares insights on opportunities with Afghanistan …
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
Adam Goldman and Julian Barnes reported from Washington, and Carol Rosenberg from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in …
Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. In a statement Tuesday, the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens, …
Mark Milley pardoned: General at center of Afghanistan withdrawal predicted it wouldn’t be a Saigon moment
President Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Gen. Mark Milley on Monday, capping off a presidency marred by the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021.