The US and Afghanistan have struck a deal exchanging two American prisoners for Khan Mohammed, a Taliban member serving a life sentence in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges.

The Taliban sent negotiators to the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday to discuss the prisoner swap and the talks appear to have made some progress. However, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid ...

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In this photo released by the Taliban Foreign Ministry Press Service, Amir Khan Muttaqi, left, the acting foreign minister of the Taliban government, meets with Adam Boehler, the U.S. president's ...

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 meeting will discuss the Afghan government’s release of Taliban prisoners as agreed to in the February 29th agreement between the Taliban and the US. Afghan government refusal to release 5,000 ...

The Taliban have high hopes for engaging with the Trump administration, which has its own wishlist from Afghanistan’s de facto government. This photo, provided by the Taliban-run Ministry of Foreign ...

After the Taliban returned the wrongfully detained American Amir Amiry to the United States on Sept. 28, news of further prisoner trades has percolated. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban said Saturday they reached agreement with U.S. envoys on an exchange of prisoners as part of an effort to normalize relations between the United States and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by the Taliban Foreign Ministry Press Service, Amir Khan Muttaqi, left, the acting foreign minister of the ...