Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Facts The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic law on Afghanistan and ...
As President Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, outgoing Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Ryan Corbett, the Dansville father of three who the Taliban held captive in Afghanistan for two and a half years, is expected to complete his journey back to the area soon.
A prisoner swap between the U.S. and Afghanistan last week freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure, Khan Muhammad. The deal to release Ryan Corbett and William McKenty was brokered by Joe ...
“A month turned into years, and my son is in prison by the Taliban. That still sounds surreal.” Ryan Corbett’s release marks the end of a grueling chapter for the family, who had been living ...
Ryan Corbett, a western New Yorker who was detained by the Taliban for 894 days, is returning home. Corbett and William McKenty are the two Americans freed in a prisoner swap with the Taliban.
The two Americans freed in the swap, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered before Biden left office on Monday.
Ryan Corbett and William McKenty were freed in exchange for an Afghan Taliban member who had been serving a life sentence in California.
Ryan Corbett and William McKenty, was brokered by Joe Biden ‘s administration before he left office Monday, according to a Trump administration official who was not authorized to comment publicly and ...
The deal to release two Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McKenty ... to comment publicly and requested anonymity. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry in Kabul said the two U.S. citizens had ...