Taliban, Afghanistan and American citizens

Two Americans released by Taliban in final deal of Biden administration
The Taliban are believed to have two other American nationals in their custody – Mahmoud Shah Habibi, a senior civil aviation official under the previous Nato-backed government of Afghanistan and George Glezmann, a tourist. The Taliban have not acknowledged holding Mr Habibi in their custody, and details about his condition are unknown.
U.S. in talks with Taliban for release of Americans held in Afghanistan, source says
The Taliban said they had been in talks with the Biden administration to exchange Afghans in U.S. custody for Americans detained in Afghanistan.
US in negotiations with Taliban to swap Americans in Afghanistan for prisoner in Guantanamo
The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner.
Taliban announce the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. In a statement Tuesday, the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul did not name the two U.S. citizens,
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Where Is Ayman Al-Zawahiri? New Video Reignites Questions
Only a year ago, online people shared news of the possible death of Al-Qaeda's chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri, saying that the terrorist group's close circles were reporting Ayman Al-Zawahiri's death ...
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Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US spies found al-Qaeda's top man in Kabul
Last year, during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden pledged his administration would not allow the new Taliban-led regime to make the country a safe-haven for ...
National Review2y
Zawahiri Deserves to Rot
The al-Qaeda mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri has rejoined his co-conspirator, Osama bin Laden, somewhere in the thereafter. The terrorist leader was reportedly killed in Afghanistan by a drone strike ...
Middle East Eye1y
Ayman al-Zawahiri: US kills top al-Qaeda leader in drone strike in Afghanistan
The US has killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, a senior White House official confirmed on Monday evening. The CIA carried out a drone strike ...
Long War Journal9y
Pentagon report on Afghanistan excludes al Qaeda’s pledge to the Taliban
While reading through the December 2015 edition of the Department of Defense’s Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan report, there is one glaring omission: the report makes no mention ...
Links International Journal Of Socialist Renewal7h
Syria’s ‘delayed revolution’: An interview with Asef Bayat
The recent developments in Syria represent a new form of political change, the characteristics of which we will better understand in the future. But there is no doubt that these events are part of the ...
The Daily Telegraph4d
Tom Tugendhat
It's still possible to have a win-win housing policy, giving those streets that are desperate for more buildings the chance to develop them ...