Summary
U.S. officials met with the Taliban in Kabul to discuss a prisoner exchange involving Americans held in Afghanistan. A special envoy for hostage response and a former envoy for Afghanistan represented the United States. The meeting focused on the exchange of detainees between the two countries.
Key Facts
- U.S. officials met with the Taliban's Foreign Minister in Kabul for talks.
- The discussion centered on a possible prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Afghanistan.
- Mahmood Habibi, a U.S. citizen and former businessman in Kabul, is one of the American detainees.
- The U.S. offers a $5 million reward for information about Habibi, who disappeared in 2022.
- The Taliban seeks the release of Muhammad Rahim, the last Afghan held at Guantanamo Bay.
- George Glezmann, an American mechanic, was released in March after two years of detention in Afghanistan.
- A previous prisoner exchange took place in January 2025.
- The Taliban, in power since 2021, is not officially recognized by the U.S.
