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 Taliban member serving a life sentence in a US prison.

The Taliban has released two American citizens in a prisoner exchange negotiated by the outgoing Biden administration, US media reports and the families of the two men said. The two Americans ...

The deal came before Joe Biden, who oversaw the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, handed power over to returning President Donald Trump. The Taliban praised the swap as a step ...

A Taliban envoy on Monday cautioned U.S. Secretary ... was brokered under the Biden administration before it left office. In return, the U.S. freed Khan Muhammad, a member of the militant group.

The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul said the two U.S. citizens had been exchanged for Khan Mohammed, who was sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment in 2008. Biden, who oversaw the ...

But Bobulinski produced text messages and Hunter Biden testified that Joe Biden attended the meeting May 3, 2017, at the Beverly Hills Hilton. Hunter and James Biden were meeting with Bobulinski ...

White House Cheers Release of Two Americans Freed in a Swap With Taliban Brokered by Biden, Qatar WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump White House is celebrating the release of two Americans freed in a swap with the Taliban brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration. “We celebrate the ...

The warning comes after the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans. Secretary of State Rubio is threatening Taliban leaders with a “very big” bounty after he heard that there are more Americans being held in Afghanistan than previously known.

A Taliban ambassador is warning new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against making threats after he said he would place bounties on Afghanistan’s rulers for their continued detention of U.S. natio

Two Americans remain in Taliban custody after a two-for-one prisoner exchange the Biden administration negotiated before departing the White House.

Marco Rubio warned the Taliban of a “VERY BIG bounty” on its leaders if reports of more American hostages are confirmed. A Senate resolution calls for the release of Mahmood Habibi, but the Taliban denies holding him.