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2 Americans, 1 Guantanamo Bay detainee freed in swap

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January 22, 2025

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking charges, officials said Tuesday.

The Taliban praised the swap as a step toward the 'normalization' of ties between the US and Afghanistan, but that likely remains a tall order as most countries in the world still don't recognize the militants' rule.

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