The deal was struck for Khan Mohammad, a member of the Taliban serving two life sentences in a U.S. prison on "narco-terrorism charges."

Two Americans have been freed in a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban in exchange for a Taliban figure, officials said Tuesday.

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

The Taliban won’t return any of the military equipment left behind by the US troops while exiting Afghanistan in 2021, a person familiar with the matter said, as relations between Kabul and the Donald Trump administration start on a wobbly note.

Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody, his family said.

After more than two years of being detained by the Taliban, Western New Yorker Ryan Corbett is finally coming home after being freed. Corbett will soon be reunited with his wife and their three children.

The family of Ryan Corbett of New York confirmed his release, while the Taliban said Khan Mohammed, an Afghan serving a life sentence in California, was freed.

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher Abbas Stanikzai, political deputy at the Foreign Ministry, made the remarks in a speech on Saturday in southeastern Khost province.

With England's Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan fast approaching, political pressure mounts for a boycott, but captain Jos Buttler and ECB CEO Richard Gould have voiced strong opposition to the notion,

England captain Jos Buttler believes their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan should proceed despite calls for a boycott due to the Taliban's

The political debate centers around the treatment of women in Afghanistan, particularly the restriction on their participation in sports.