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US engineer swapped for Afghan leader linked to Taliban
Foreign policy
- 19 September, 2022
- 11:23
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The Taliban have released a US engineer they had held hostage since 2020 in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader held in US custody since 2005.
Report informs, citing the BBC, that in return they received Bashir Noorzai, a Taliban ally serving a life sentence for drug trafficking.
"Today Mark Frerichs was handed over to the US and Haji Bashir was handed over to us at Kabul airport," said Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
Mr Frerichs, 60, was abducted by the Taliban the year before the group swept back to power in Afghanistan and its Western-backed government collapsed.
Biden vowed to achieve the hostage's release during his election campaign.
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