{"id":47373,"date":"2025-09-13T19:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/taliban-claim-an-agreement-reached-with-u-s-envoys-on-a-prisoner-swap-as-they-seek-better-ties\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T19:49:57","slug":"taliban-claim-an-agreement-reached-with-u-s-envoys-on-a-prisoner-swap-as-they-seek-better-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/taliban-claim-an-agreement-reached-with-u-s-envoys-on-a-prisoner-swap-as-they-seek-better-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban claim an agreement reached with U.S. envoys on a prisoner swap as they seek better ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Taliban said Saturday they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on an exchange of prisoners as part of an effort to normalize relations between the United States and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/afghanistan-the-way-forward\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Afghanistan<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>They gave no details of an actual detainee swap and the White House did not comment on the meeting in Kabul or the results described in a Taliban statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban released photographs from their talks, showing their foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, with President Trump&#8217;s special envoy for hostage response,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/one-us-citizen-released-belarus\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Adam Boehler<\/a><\/span>, as well as Zalmay Khalilzad, who served as the U.S. special envoy for Afghan peace during the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/13\/2b569965-db1f-4d12-bdb2-c650d93c9a29\/thumbnail\/620x422\/80026a6234e6959cfbc4da79f7c66e7c\/ap25256516708582.jpg#\" alt=\"Afghanistan Taliban US \" height=\"422\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/13\/2b569965-db1f-4d12-bdb2-c650d93c9a29\/thumbnail\/620x422\/80026a6234e6959cfbc4da79f7c66e7c\/ap25256516708582.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/13\/2b569965-db1f-4d12-bdb2-c650d93c9a29\/thumbnail\/1240x844\/e002067a266685fad36b79be71f86014\/ap25256516708582.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">In this photo released by the Taliban Foreign Ministry Press Service, Amir Khan Muttaqi, left, the acting foreign minister of the Taliban government, meets with Adam Boehler, the U.S. president&#8217;s special envoy for Detainee Affairs, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Taliban Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the issue of prisoners, Boehler &#8220;confirmed that the two sides would undertake an exchange of detainees,&#8221; the Taliban statement said. No information was provided on how many people are being held in each country, their identities or the reasons and circumstances of their imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting came after the Taliban, in March,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/taliban-free-george-glezmann-american-afghanistan-trump-goodwill-gesture\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">released U.S. citizen George Glezmann<\/a><\/span>, who was abducted while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist. 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