prisoner swap
Ryan Corbett, a Dansville, NY resident detained by the Taliban since 2022, has been freed in a prisoner exchange. Corbett and another American were released in exchange for Khan Mohammed, who had been serving life sentences in the U.S. since 2008. Corbett’s family, who evacuated Afghanistan in 2021, expressed gratitude to Presidents Biden and Trump, […]
In a significant prisoner swap between the United States, its allies, and Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were among over a dozen prisoners released. The deal involved 16 political prisoners, journalists, and others, including five Germans, exchanged for eight Russians held in the U.S., Germany, Norway, Slovenia, […]
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