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In the last hours of his term, President Joe Biden has agreed on the exchange of prisoners with the Taliban, who had released from custody the Taliban citizens Ryan Korbit and William Wallace Makenti.
However, the transaction was not included in US citizens George Glezman and Mahmoud Habibi.
On Saturday, Secretary of State Mark Rubio wrote on X that he “had just heard” about the detention of additional Americans.
“If it is true, we will have to immediately announce a very big reward for their major leaders, perhaps even more than the one we received from Bin Laden” – Rubio wrote.
2 Americans are released in exchange for the Taliban’s earthly
Dennis Fitzpatrick, who coordinates efforts outside the US government, claimed that Glezman “was never a serious priority for the White House Biden.”
“President Biden And (former national security adviser) Jake Sullivan decided to leave George Glezman in Kabul without good reason, “Fitzpatrick Fox News Digital said.
Two US citizens, George Glezman (left), and Mahmoud Habibi were not included in the recent Biden administration transaction, which released two other Americans from the Taliban. (James Foley/Getty Images Fund)
Fitzpatrick added that 66 -year -old Gleyzmann is a “completely innocent person” who was a “hardworking mechanic with blue collar before he was illegally detained. He does not deserve use as a pawn.”
Slezman has been in custody since December 5, 2022, when he was traveling to Afghanistan to “explore the cultural landscape and rich history of the country,” according to the Senate resolution since July 2024, which requires its immediate release.
The ruling states that the mental and physical condition of Glezman deteriorated as a result of his maintenance in the underground chamber of 9 square meters. He was allowed only limited calls to his relatives, and as a result of his detention he had “tumors on his face, hypertension, serious malnutrition and other diseases.”
Former President Joe Biden in White House (Anna Manimamer)
While the Taliban admits that they are kept in custody, they insist that they do not keep Mahmoud Habibi.
Secretary of State Mark Rubio appears after the oath of Vice President J. D. Vens in the ceremonial office of the Vice President at the Eisenhower Executive Office on the White House campus on Tuesday in Washington, Colombia District. (Photo AP/Evan teach)
Brother Habibi Ahmad said Fox News Digital that the family “knows my brother is still in custody of the Taliban. I can’t tell about it too much because we don’t want to expose it or other risk. But anyone who takes Empty assumptions of the Taliban that they are missing, they are lied to them.
“We have several witnesses of his arrest (GDI BEO). We have several witnesses that were held with him at the GDI headquarters. The Taliban always claimed that he was gone and who he is. How do they explain the obvious contradictions in this? “
Ahmad also claimed that the family “knows that the US government has technical evidence that Mahmoud had been in custody GDI long after his arrest.”
He claims that Biden’s National Security Council “ruled the State Department for Liberation of my brother” and “blocked (State Department) use of data in their discussions with the Taliban, even if we told them that it would face the Taliban claim that they have never heard that they have never heard About my brother. ”
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Neither the State Department nor the National Security Council responded to Fox News Digital requests for confirmation of Ahmad’s statements.
Fox News Digital also addressed the spokesman Taliban Zamuhl Mujahid and Suha Shakhin about the detention of Habibi and asked Mujahid what happened to Habibi after he was arrested by GDI. Mujahideed did not answer. Shakhin ordered Fox News Digital to contact GDI and stated that he did not know the situation.
Taliban have Long -looking for release Prisoner of Guantanamo and Mediator al-Qaeda Muhammad Rahim in exchange for Americans whom they recognized in their prisons. Ahmad Habibi told CBS News that President Biden assured him in a telephone conversation on January 12 that the US did not release Rahim until the Taliban was released by Habibi.
Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan (AP Photo/Ebrahim Nooroozi)
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Former First Deputy Special Envoy of the President Hugo Hugh Dugan said Fox News Digital that Trump administration could make several “directions” To ensure the release Sleuman and Habibi.
Dugan said it could include a “direct rescue of the military” or continued “subtle diplomacy”.
Dugan said he admitted that “to say that we are doing everything we can… not satisfying either a family member, frankly none and they want to hear that you keep identifying what could have been Time to shy away from us, or that a crack opens on the horizon.
“And we need to understand that this may be another step on our path to recovery, and the effort should be changed to take into account new realities at any time.”
