Afghanistan Peace CampaignThe deputy spokesperson said that the caretaker government is striving to secure the release of several Afghan citizens detained in the United States.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has stated that negotiations on a prisoner exchange with the US are ongoing but have not yet yielded any results.
The deputy spokesperson said that the caretaker government is striving to secure the release of several Afghan citizens detained in the United States.
Fitrat said: “Occasionally, discussions have been held with the US about a prisoner exchange, but no resolution has been reached so far. It has been several years since the US imprisoned some of our Afghan citizens without cause, and the Islamic Emirate is actively working for their release.”
Previously, The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington is in talks with the caretaker government to exchange detained Americans in Afghanistan for at least one Guantanamo prisoner named Mohammad Rahim al-Afghani.
The Wall Street Journal added: “The Biden administration is negotiating with the Taliban to exchange Americans detained in Afghanistan for at least one high-profile prisoner alleged to be an Osama bin Laden associate held in Guantanamo Bay.”
Meanwhile, The Telegraph also reported that the caretaker government has halted the prisoner exchange agreement with the US until a new administration takes office in Washington.
The Telegraph wrote: “The deal is almost done but there are some top officials in Kandahar who are against it at this moment.”
Wise Naseri, a political analyst, told TOLOnews: “Serious discussions are ongoing between the Taliban and the Biden administration regarding prisoner exchanges. This process has been underway since the Doha negotiations and has resulted in several exchanges so far.”
George Glezmann, Ryan Corbett, and Mahmood Habibi are US citizens detained in Afghanistan, for whose release senior American officials have repeatedly called.