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Sunday, September 28, 2025
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Sunday, September 28, 2025
Taliban said to release US citizen after Qatari mediation and US envoy’s visit
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Taliban security personnel patrol along the road in a humvee vehicle after a man was publicly executed at a football stadium in Zaranj, in Nimruz province, Afghanistan, on April 11, 2025. (AFP)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban released a US citizen from custody on Sunday after a visit by Washington’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler, an official tells Reuters.
Amir Amiri, who had been detained in Afghanistan since December 2024, was released through Qatari mediation and on his way to Doha on Sunday evening, says the source, who asked not to be identified by name or nationality.
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