The Biden administration remains in negotiations with the Taliban for the exchange of three American citizens being held in Afghanistan for at least one alleged Osama bin Laden associate who has been held in the Guantánamo Bay prison since 2008.
The deal has been under discussion since at least July, reported The Wall Street Journal.
On Nov. 14, the administration told the Taliban that it would release Muhammad Rahim al Afghani, an alleged senior al-Qaida aide, in exchange for American citizens George Glezmann, Ryan Corbett, and Mahmoud Habibi, who were captured in Afghanistan in 2022.
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