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We can hate the idea that Americans are being taken hostage by foreign governments — a special category of hostage-taking called “wrongful detention” — though this practice is likely to continue until we find the right means of disincentivizing such behavior. But any policy to disincentivize other nations should not be done to the detriment of Americans who are arrested abroad purely for political reasons.
KABUL－A US navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released in exchange for a Taliban associate imprisoned in the United States for drug smuggling, US and Afghan officials announced on Monday.
KABUL－A US navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released in exchange for a Taliban associate imprisoned in the United States for drug smuggling, US and Afghan officials announced on Monday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban dru
The exchange is one of the most significant prisoner swaps to take place under the Biden administration.