KABUL — The Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released two US citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.

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

Khan Mohammad, an Afghan detainee held in the U.S., was exchanged for American nationals William McKenty and Ryan Corbett in a deal facilitated by Qatar. The Taliban has announced

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

The Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release by the United States of an Afghan prisoner in exchange for US detainees.

Afghanistan has released an unspecified number of American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the US, in a deal brokered by Qatar, the Taliban government said on Tuesday.Talks on the prisoner exchange were confirmed last year but the swap was announced after former US president Joe Biden handed the reins of power to Donald Trump on Monday.

An Afghan fighter serving a life sentence in California after having been arrested in Afghanistan nearly two decades ago is being released in exchange for two US citizens imprisoned in Afghanistan,

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."

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.