The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Tuesday validated the release of an Afghan, Khan Mohammad, from an US jail in exchange for the release of 2 American nationals.According to a declaration provided by the IEA, this relocation followed comprehensive negotiations with the US.Khan Mohammad, was detained nearly two decades back in Nangarhar and later on sentenced to life imprisonment by an US court.
He had actually been serving his sentence in California.&& The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan considers this exchange as a fine example of resolving concerns through dialogue, and is especially grateful to the fraternal State of Qatar for its reliable role in this regard,& & the declaration read.The IEA praised the swap as a step toward the && normalization & of ties between the United States and Afghanistan.AP on the other hand reported that the freed Afghan had actually been put behind bars for life on drug trafficking and terrorism charges.The offer came as former president Joe Biden, who managed the disorderly United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, handed power over to returning President Donald Trump.AP reported that the household of Ryan Corbett, one American kept in Afghanistan, confirmed he had actually been released.Corbett was arrested in Afghanistan in August 2022 while on a business trip.Before Biden left office, his administration had been attempting to cut a deal to complimentary Corbett in addition to George Glezmann and Mahmood Habibi in exchange for Muhammad Rahim, one of the staying detainees at Guantanamo Bay.Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, was taken by the IEA&& 's intelligence services in December 2022 while taking a trip through the nation.
Habibi, an Afghan American business owner went missing out on in 2022.
The IEA has rejected that it has Habibi.It wasn&& 't right away clear if either of the two males was the other launched.
Officials in Washington did not react to AP&& 's ask for comment early Tuesday.
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