Taliban frees American citizen detained in an Afghanistan prison

ISLAMABAD (NYT) — Afghanistan freed a U.S. citizen Sunday, the State Department and Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry said in separate statements, weeks after the Taliban announced an agreement with the Trump administration on prisoner exchanges.

“The United States welcomes home U.S. citizen Amir Amiry who was wrongfully detained in Afghanistan,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “While this marks an important step forward, additional Americans remain unjustly detained in Afghanistan.”

The Afghan and U.S. governments both thanked Qatar for its mediating role in the release. The Taliban continue to hold at least three Americans, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of lack

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