American Taliban man held more than 2 years released, says State Department star-news.press/wp

Washington – The American man who kidnapped more than two years while he was a journey through Afghanistan as tourists, and Taliban played a Trump Administration that Katari negotiators had helped the broker that Katari negotiators on Thursday.

George Glazmann, Airline from Atlante, is The third American detainee To release the Taliban since January. It was seized by Taliban’s intelligence services in December 2022. years, and the U.S. government appointed them as incorrectly closed next year.

In the statement, State Secretary Marco Rubio said that he was back to the United States to unite with his wife, Alexander and praise the Qatar for “Solid commitment” that he said “instrumental in the insurance of George’s release.”

“George’s edition is a positive and constructive step,” Rubio said. “It is also a reminder that other Americans are still detained in Afghanistan. President Trump will continue tireless work to free all Americans unfairly detained worldwide.”

Glezmann was accompanied by the United States, through the Katari capital of Doha, Adam Boehler, who dealt with hostage issues for President Donald Trump. Taliban discovered earlier Thursday that Boehler met on the hostage issues with a delegation involving Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

Exercise of Glazmann, which is in the middle of the 60s, is part of what Taliban has previously described as “normalization” connection between the US and Afghanistan that follows Leaving the chaotic us from Afghanistan 2021. The majority of countries still do not recognize the Rule of Taliban.

The issue of Glazmanna follows a special agreement, arranged in January in the final days of the bisendene administration, and the mediation of Kataris, who secured the releases of Ryan Corbetta and William McKey.

Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul said that these two US citizens were taken to Khan Mohammed, which were detained in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, where he was convicted of two lifelong concepts in 2008. years after the convicted of conviction in American drug terrorist laws.

Unlike that arrangement, the United States does not give up on insurance Glazmann’s release, which was done as a goodwill gesture, according to an official who insisted on anonymity due to the sensitivity of negotiations due to the sensitivity of the negotiation.

President Joe Biden thought before he left office Earlier proposal That would include the release of Glazmann and other Americans for Muhammad Rahim, one of the remaining detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But Biden told families during the call in January that he did not support Rahim, unless Taliban released Mahmood Habibi, afghan American businessman who worked as a carpenter for Telecommunications Cabul and in 2022. Years.

The FBI and Habibi family said they believe that Habibi took over the Taliban forces, but Taliban refused to hold him. Representatives for Habibi quoted on Thursday what they said were “irresistible evidence” that that Taliban had arrested him after his home searched people who identify themselves as part of the Safety Service of Taliban.

“We are convinced that Trump administration will argue that my brother must be released into relations with the United States to move forward,” said one of the Habi’s brothers, Ahmad, said in the statement. “We have reason to be sure that Mahmood is alive and in Taliban custody, despite their hollow desserts. My brother is an innocent man who took his wife, young daughters and older parents in 953 days.”

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The associated Victoria Eastwood printing writer in Cairo and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.