President Biden reassured the families of three Americans detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with the families of three Americans detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since 2022. Biden emphasized his commitment to bringing home Americans wrongfully held overseas. Biden's administration has been negotiating with the Taliban since at least July about a U.S. proposal to release the three Americans - Ryan Corbett, George Glezmann and Mahmood Habibi - in exchange for Muhammad Rahim al-Afghani, a high-profile prisoner held in Guantanamo Bay.
\Corbett and Habibi were detained in separate incidents in August 2022, a year after the Taliban seized Kabul amid the chaotic U.S. troop withdrawal. Glezmann was detained later in 2022 while visiting as a tourist. Ahmad Habibi, Mahmood Habibi's brother, who was on the call on Sunday, welcomed the discussion with Biden. 'President Biden was very clear in telling us that he would not trade Rahim if the Taliban do not let my brother go,' he said. 'He said he would not leave him behind. My family is very grateful that he is standing up for my brother.' The Taliban, which denies holding Habibi, had countered the U.S. proposal with an offer to exchange Glezmann and Corbett for Rahim and two others, one of the sources told Reuters last week. \The White House noted that Biden has brought home more than 75 Americans unjustly detained around the world, including from Myanmar, China, Gaza, Haiti, Iran, Russia, Rwanda, Venezuela and West Africa. His administration also brought home all Americans detained in Afghanistan before the U.S. military withdrawal, it said. 'President Biden and his team have worked around the clock, often in partnership with key allies, to negotiate for the release of Americans held hostage or unjustly detained abroad so that they can be reunited with their families, and will continue to do so throughout the remainder of the term,' it added.
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