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Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who had spent more than a decade in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020.

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.

U.S. Navy veteran and civilian contractor Mark Frerichs was held for more than two years in Afghanistan by kidnappers linked to the Taliban.

Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who had spent more than a decade in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020 and was believed to have been since then by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network.

By ERIC TUCKER and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An American contractor held hostage in Afgha...

President Joe Biden, who is in the U.K. to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, called Frerichs’s family on Monday morning to share the “good news.”

The family of U.S. veteran and contractor, Mark Frerichs, said he has been freed by the Taliban after over two years of imprisonment. His release appeared to be part of one of the most significant prisoner swaps to take place under the Biden administration.

The exchange is one of the most significant prisoner swaps to take place under the Biden administration.

American contractor Mark Frerichs, who was held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years, has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States, the White House said Monday

Bashir Noorzai, a drug lord and member of the Taliban, was exchanged for Illinois native Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran and civilian contractor kidnapped in...