Two Americans held in Afghanistan traded for Taliban prisoner in …
3 days ago · The prisoner exchange is one of the final moves made by an administration whose legacy will in part be defined by the disastrous and deadly US withdrawal in August 2021 from Afghanistan that saw ...
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap
3 days ago · In exchange, the Biden administration released an Afghan man convicted on narcotics charges in 2008. By Adam Goldman Carol Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes Adam Goldman and Julian Barnes reported ...
Taliban frees 2 Americans in prisoner swap | AP News
3 days ago · Taliban prisoner first convicted of narco-terrorism . Mohammed, 55, was a prisoner in California after his 2008 conviction. The Bureau of Prisons early Tuesday listed Mohammed as not being in their custody. Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, a Taliban Foreign Ministry deputy spokesperson, said Mohammed had arrived in Afghanistan and was with his family.
Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan released in prisoner swap - CNN
Aug 1, 2024 · The United States and Russia carried out a historic prisoner exchange Thursday when two dozen detainees, including former US Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich...
How did the historic prisoner exchange happen? Inside the swap. - USA TODAY
Aug 6, 2024 · Two prominent American hostages, journalist Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan, were among 24 people released in a complicated political prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia...
What to know about the US-Russia prisoner exchange | AP News
Aug 2, 2024 · The U.S. and Russia completed on Thursday their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released individuals in their custody as part of the exchange.
Prisoners Are Back on U.S. Soil After Release by Russians
Aug 2, 2024 · In exchange, eight people were freed by the West. The exchange took place at the international airport in Ankara, Turkey’s capital, and involved seven planes ferrying 24 prisoners from the...
How prisoner swap that freed Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan …
Aug 2, 2024 · Prisoner swap that freed Americans detained in Russia took months of delicate deliberations. Here's how the deal was done.
US-Russia prisoner exchange: Gershkovich, Kurmasheva, Whelan …
The United States and Russia have made their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history. Moscow on Thursday released U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza in a …
Behind the Prisoner Swap: Spies, a Killer, Secret Messages and …
Aug 1, 2024 · The Americans floated a proposal: an exchange of two dozen prisoners sitting in jails in Russia, the United States and scattered across Europe, a far bigger and more complex deal than either...