{"id":78359,"date":"2022-12-20T22:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/20\/taliban-releases-2-americans-held-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:35:49","slug":"taliban-releases-2-americans-held-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/12\/20\/taliban-releases-2-americans-held-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban releases 2 Americans held in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/02\/taliban-under-scrutiny-as-us-kills-al-qaida-leader-in-kabul\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taliban<\/a> have released two Americans held in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Afghanistan<\/a> in what appeared to be a \u201cgoodwill gesture,\u201d State Department spokesman Ned Price said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The release was not part of any larger prisoner swap, and no money changed hands, he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior administration official said the U.S. government was currently assisting the two, and that they would soon be reunited soon with their families. 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