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An American held hostage in Afghanistan has been freed in a prisoner swap

Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran turned civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020. His release centered on a prisoner exchange involving Bashir Noorzai, a notorious drug lord and Taliban member.

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Sister of Lombard man freed by Taliban in hostage swap ‘stunned, very happy’ after 3 a.m. call from Biden

Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran and a civilian contractor in Afghanistan, was abducted in 2020. His sister in Lombard had pushed for years to get his release.

Chicago Sun-Times

Taliban release American Mark Frerichs in prisoner swap

Frerichs is the last American known to be held hostage in Afghanistan

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American held captive in Afghanistan for nearly three years is freed in Taliban prisoner swap, Biden confirms

Mark Frerichs was kidnapped in January 2020 while doing contract construction work in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan review – desperately sad study of a boy’s life

Phil Grabsky and Shoaib Sharifi have followed Mir for two decades in what is almost a brutal companion piece to Richard Linklater’s Boyhood

The Guardian - UK

Taliban freed from Guantanamo, claims exchanged for American

A senior Taliban detainee held at Guantanamo Bay says he was released and handed over to the Taliban in Kabul, in exchange for an American prisoner held in Afghanistan

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Taliban Release American Engineer Frerichs in Prisoner Swap

Afghanistan's Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader linked to the Taliban who the United States had held on drugs charges since 2005, the group's acting foreign minister said. Frerichs was exchanged at the airport in the capital, Kabul, with Bashir Noorzai,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban release U.S. engineer Frerichs as Biden approves swap for drug smuggler

Afghanistan's Taliban on Monday freed American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Taliban-linked Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai, after President Joe Biden granted clemency to the convicted drug smuggler who had been detained by the United States since 2005, officials said.

Reuters

Senior Taliban figure arrives in Kabul after decades in U.S. detention - spokesperson

A senior Taliban figure, Haji Bashir Noorzai, has been released after decades of detention by the United States and arrived in Kabul on Monday, a Taliban spokesperson said.

Reuters

‘Shameful’: UN denounces exclusion of Afghan girls from school

UN increasingly concerned the policy and other restrictions on basic freedoms will contribute to a deepening crisis.

Al Jazeera

United Nations calls Taliban exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools 'tragic and shameful'

The United Nations asks Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7 to 12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school "shameful."

ABC News

UN: Exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools 'shameful'

The United Nations is calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7 through12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school “shameful.”

The Independent UK

The six countries banned from going to the Queen's funeral as Russia snubbed amid war

Representatives from Russia - as well as five other countries - have not been invited to attend Her Majesty's state funeral on Monday, September 19

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Taliban condemn U.S. move to form Swiss-based trust for Afghan central bank funds

The Taliban's foreign affairs ministry on Thursday condemned the United States' decision to transfer Afghan central bank reserves into a Swiss-based trust, saying it was against international norms.

Reuters

Meta Oversight Board objects to removing positive newspaper report on Taliban

Meta Platforms Inc's independent Oversight Board said on Thursday that Facebook should not have taken down a newspaper report about the Taliban that it considered positive, backing users' freedom of expression and saying the tech company relied too heavily on automated moderation.

The Independent UK

Declassified report shows US predictions of IS group threat

A newly declassified U.S. intelligence report predicted in 2020 that the Islamic State group was likely to regain much of its former strength and global influence, particularly if American and Western forces reduced their role in countering the extremist movement

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan blames border clash on Pakistan’s bid to build post

Taliban says Pakistan tried to erect a military structure on Afghan-Pakistani border, causing Tuesday’s deadly skirmish.

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Lauren Boebert mocked for hilarious ‘wonton killings” speech blunder: ‘Careful where you dumpling the bodies’

Lawmaker was reading Bible passage from Romans and got phrase mixed up with the Chinese dumpling

Tribune News Service

US seeks to sidestep Taliban with $3.5 billion Afghan aid plan

The U.S. will put $3.5 billion in Afghanistan’s central bank reserves under the control of a Swiss-based oversight board to pay for limited financial services in the country while ensuring the Taliban regime doesn’t get access to the money, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Al Jazeera

‘Facilitator role’ at heart of Qatar’s foreign policy, emir says

‘Our foreign policy aims to bring together different points of view,’ Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani tells Le Point.

Reuters

Afghans keep close watch as some girls' schools open, then shut

Many Afghans are following news of a reversal in girls' school openings in eastern Paktia province for clues on whether the Taliban will loosen restrictions on girls' education after reneging on a pledge to reopen high schools in March.

Reason

Saving Nezam From the Taliban

Green Beret Scott Mann suffered severe trauma following his three tours in Afghanistan. He never wanted to have anything to do with country again. Then his friend Nezam called to say that his life was in danger.

Manchester Evening News

The six countries not invited to the Queen's state funeral

Three further countries have not been sent invites, while some other nations will only be represented by ambassadors.

The Independent UK

US sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money

The U.S. and Swiss governments and Afghan economics experts say they'll transfer $3.5 billion in frozen funds from Afghanistan’s central bank to use for the country’s people as hunger grips every province there

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