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Americans Freed in Taliban Prisoner Swap

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 Taliban member serving a life sentence in a US prison.

The Washington Post · 2d

Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says

Americans Ryan Corbett and William W. McKenty III were freed, their families said. The Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was released.

The Associated Press on MSN · 2d

Taliban Say 2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Were Freed in a Prisoner Exchange

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders

Houston Chronicle · 11h

ICC prosecutor requests warrants for Afghan Taliban leaders over persecution of women

Karim Khan said in a statement he asked judges to approve warrants for the group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhunzada, and the head of Afghanistan's Supreme Court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, accusing the men of crimes against humanity for gender-based persecution.

BBC · 8h

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan girls and women'

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and girls.

The New York Times · 2h

I.C.C. Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Taliban Leader for Persecution of Afghan Women and Girls

Karim Khan said that a crime against humanity was being committed by top officials against “Afghan women and girls, as well as the LGBTQI+ community.”

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Factbox-What are the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women?

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban administration has rolled back hard-fought rights won ...

'Overwhelmed with joy:' Taliban releases Dansville man held over 2 years in Afghanistan

The family thanked both the Biden and Trump administrations for "countless hours of negotiations, unwavering support, and ...

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Taliban deputy urges leader to lift education bans on Afghan women and girls

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...

Hibatullah Akhundzada: Afghanistan's Reclusive Taliban Leader

Secluded in his stronghold in southern Afghanistan, reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is the cornerstone of the movement that has ruled the country unchallenged since reclaiming ...

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International Criminal Court seeks warrants for Taliban officials for gender-based crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban officials for alleged gender-based crimes, as ...

The Taliban say a Chinese national has been killed in northeastern Afghanistan

An Afghan police official says a Chinese citizen has been killed in the country's northeast. The killing of foreigners is ...

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Between hostile hosts and crisis-hit Afghanistan, refugees forced to return to Taliban-ruled homeland suffer

The rights of the people being sent back to Taliban– sometimes at a rate of 2,000 people per day– are in a precarious ...

Scripps News on MSN20h

New photo shows American released from Afghanistan after 2022 imprisonment

A new image released Wednesday shows one of one of the Americans released just this week after being held in Afghanistan.

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