Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said in a statement that Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Sunday that U.S. citizen Amir Amiri had been released from prison.
Adam Boehler, the hostage response envoy to U.S. President Donald Trump, welcomed the decision to release U.S. citizens and believed it was a good time for him, the statement said.
“The Afghan government did not view the problems of its citizens from a political perspective and made it clear that ways to solve the problems through diplomacy could be found.”
He added that the steps his administration wants to release U.S. citizens is a positive development and thanked the Qatar government for its role in promoting prisoner release.
According to the statement, Boller described the last round of talks between Kabul and Washington as “constructive” and expressed his hope of negotiating the rest of the issues.
This is the second time a U.S. delegation has visited Kabul.
The Afghan Ministry said that during the last visit, the U.S. delegation demanded the release of U.S. prisoners. However, Taliban leaders called for the release of Afghanistan country Mohammad Rahim, believed to be imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention center.
The United States delegation has agree In principle, Rahim is released, and he will be taken to Qatar and stay there. However, the Afghan Foreign Ministry statement did not mention whether Rahim would be released.
An elderly British couple Detained It lasted for nearly eight months in Afghanistan issued Taliban authorities said earlier this month that the couple had released the pressure from their health fears.
Taliban officials declined to elaborate on why 80-year-old Peter Reynolds and his 76-year-old wife Barbara were arrested when they returned home in February.
Barbara near a plane at Tarmac, Kabul Airport, Barbara said: “We were treated well. We look forward to seeing our children.”
