
Two Americans held by the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been exchanged for an Afghan imprisoned in the US on drug trafficking and terrorism charges.
The news emerged after Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty were freed. The Afghan, Khan Mohmmad, had been serving a life sentence in a federal prison in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges.
A statement from the Taliban government in Kabul announced the agreement, which was concluded just before President Joe Biden ended his term in office, reports the BBC.
Corbett’s release was confirmed by his family. US media, quoting official sources, identified McKenty as the second American. The deal – reportedly the culmination of two years of negotiations – was done just before Joe Biden handed over power to Donald Trump on Monday.