In the two months since Donald Trump became president, the Taliban has ratcheted up its efforts to ingratiate itself with the ...

The exchange comes as the Taliban seeks to gain international recognition and improve Afghanistan’s economic crisis, caused in part by frozen international funds and the mass departure of ...

Taliban authorities released American hostage George Glezmann on Thursday following negotiations between Qatari mediators and the Trump administration.

A US official told CNN that no one was released in exchange for Glezmann. A source with the knowledge of the situation said ...

Glezmann is the third US citizen released by the Taliban since January, as part of agreements brokered by Qatar.

The U.S. did not release anyone in exchange for Glezmann. Trump envoy Adam Boehler led the negotiations. Because the U.S. closed its embassy in Afghanistan after the 2022 Taliban takeover ...

The Taliban has admitted that it has two American prisoners, whose freedom it will only grant in return for the release of “ Osama Bin Laden ’s special aide”, who is in Guantánamo Bay, local media ...

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.

George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, was captured by the Taliban’s intelligence services in December 2022 and had been held in captivity since.

Despite an estimated $1 to $3 trillion in natural reserves believed to reside in Afghanistan, the Trump administration’s decision not to normalize relations with Taliban leaders is the proper one.

No Afghan prisoners were freed in exchange for Glezmann, according to U.S. officials. Former ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said the “Taliban government agreed to free him as a ...

“The Taliban government agreed to free him as a ... after Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were released in a prisoner exchange in January. The deal to release Corbett and McKenty was struck ...