On Jan. 21, the outgoing Biden administration and Trump administration secured the release of Americans Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty from Taliban detention in exchange for Afghan Khan Mohammad, incarcerated on drug and terrorism charges in the United States.

Little is known of McKenty, age 69, as his family has “requested privacy.” Previously, the State Department had not included him in its tally of Americans in Taliban custody.

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