Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan's Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange.

Corbett, who had lived in Afghanistan with his family in 2021 after the collapse of the US-backed govt, was abducted by the Taliban in Aug 2022.

Last week, four people were killed and as many wounded in various incidents across Afghanistan. According to reports, an armed robber was shot dead in a clash with security forces in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. A security force member was injured.

Reports from Nangarhar province indicated that 38 Afghans were released from a Pakistani prison and have returned to Afghanistan after being detained despite holding valid legal documents.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan's Taliban ... who was arrested in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar two decades ago and has been serving a life sentence in a California prison.

The family of Ryan Corbett of Dansville confirmed he had been released. Corbett, who had lived in Afghanistan with his family at the time of the 2021 collapse of the U.S.-backed government, was detained by the Taliban in August 2022 while on a business trip.

Afghanistan's Taliban government announced the release of 2 Americans in a prisoner exchange. Ryan Corbett's family says he's one of them.

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.

The swap is the latest effort by the Taliban to be seen as a serious international government, after their takeover caused an economic tailspin in Afghanistan.

Pakistani authorities say the country's largest airport, which was built and funded by Beijing, has become operational in the restive southwest province of Balochistan.

A police officer stands guard at a post while a convoy of aid trucks carrying medicines, food and other relief supplies for besieged residents, enter in Kurram, a restive northwestern Pakistani district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ...