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Malek Fouda

US citizen freed after nine months in Afghan prison, Qatari mediators say

Afghanistan's Taliban government freed a US citizen who had been held in an Afghan prison for nine months on Sunda , after reaching an agreement with US envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to normalise relations.

The Taliban Foreign Ministry's Deputy Spokesperson Zia Ahmad Takal identified the man as Amir Amiri.

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