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U.S. Hostage Exchanged for Afghan Drug Lord in Prisoner Swap

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022Yaqoob Akbary and Christina GoldbaumComments Off

The Taliban said it had freed an American engineer, Mark R. Frerichs, in exchange for the release of a prominent Afghan tribal leader convicted of drug trafficking.