Hall’s release was not part of any prisoner exchange. It was negotiated in part by representatives from Qatar, who have worked as intermediaries between the U.S. and the Taliban. “American ...

In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the Trump administration, appearing to sense an opening to re-establish ...

In January, Americans Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty were freed in a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and the Taliban, for Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in a federal ...

were released from Afghanistan this year in a deal struck during the final days of the Biden administration in exchange for a member of the Taliban being held in U.S. custody.

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in ...

Two Americans detained in Afghanistan — Ryan Corbett and William McKenty — were released in January in exchange for a Taliban figure who had been imprisoned in California on drug trafficking ...

An American woman freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan celebrated her release in a video shared by Donald Trump on Saturday, in which she thanked him for helping secure her freedom. In a video shared ...

Having faced international isolation, sanctions, and economic restrictions after seizing the power in August 2021, the ...

Pakistan's foreign minister arrived Saturday in Afghanistan to meet Taliban officials after his country expelled more than 85 ...

After Glezmann, the Taliban released American Faye Hall less than two weeks later, again without receiving anyone in exchange. In January, the group delayed the release of two other Americans ...