Afghan prisoner swap delayed, says Taliban spokesman

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Sat, 2019-11-16 03:59

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Friday that a prisoner exchange between the US and the Taliban did not take place because the Americans had not released three Taliban leaders.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced on Tuesday that three Taliban prisoners would be released in return for two academics of American and Australian descent who taught at the American University of Afghanistan.

The Taliban have kept the professors, Kevin King and Timothy John Weeks, in captivity since 2016.

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