American citizen Faye Corridor has been launched by the Taliban after she was detained earlier this 12 months.
An American girl has been freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan after she, two Britons and their Afghan translator have been detained earlier this 12 months, Washington’s former envoy to Kabul, Zalmay Khalilzad, has mentioned.
She is the fourth US citizen launched by the Taliban since January, as a part of agreements brokered by Qatar.
“American citizen Faye Corridor, simply launched by the Taliban, is now within the care of our associates, the Qataris in Kabul, and can quickly be on her approach dwelling,” Khalilzad, who has been a part of a US delegation engaged on Taliban captive releases, wrote on X on Saturday.
American citizen Faye Corridor, simply launched by the Taliban, is now within the care of our associates, the Qataris in Kabul, and can quickly be on her approach dwelling. Thanks, #Qatar, on your ongoing and steadfast partnership. #USA #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/cMSBuaq7qR
— Zalmay Khalilzad (@realZalmayMK) March 29, 2025
Corridor’s launch comes simply days after George Glezmann, an American detained in Afghanistan for greater than two years, was launched by the Taliban earlier this month, and arrived in the USA, the place he reunited along with his spouse and was greeted by a welcoming get together that included his former cellmate.
The Taliban referred to as Glezmann’s launch a “goodwill gesture” reflecting its willingness to interact with the USA “on the idea of mutual respect and pursuits”.
The Taliban has beforehand described the discharge of US detainees as a part of its world “normalisation” effort.
The group stays a global pariah since its lightning takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021: No nation has formally recognised the Taliban authorities, though a number of nations proceed to function diplomatic amenities within the nation.
Afghanistan’s takeover got here because the Joe Biden administration oversaw a withdrawal outlined by the primary administration of US President Donald Trump.
The Republican chief negotiated with the Taliban in 2020 to finish the battle in Afghanistan, and he agreed to a 14-month deadline to withdraw US troops and allied forces.
The settlement was controversial for leaving out the Western-backed Afghan authorities, which was toppled amid the US’s chaotic exit from the nation in 2021.
The Trump administration is but to articulate a transparent coverage for the way it will strategy dealings with the Taliban authorities through the president’s second time period.
Trump has been a common critic of how the Biden administration oversaw the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A bomb assault at Kabul’s airport within the remaining days of the chaotic withdrawal killed at the very least 170 Afghan civilians looking for to flee the nation, in addition to 13 US troopers.
