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Reuters
Politics

U.S. confirms release of American from Afghanistan

The United States on Monday confirmed the release of American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for senior Taliban figure Haji Bashir Noorzai, a senior Biden administration official said on Monday.

Biden granted clemency to Noorzai after he spent 17 years in U.S. government custody, the official said.

(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk; Writing by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Susan Heavey)

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