The only American soldier who has been held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been released after five years and is in U.S. custody as part of a prisoner exchange, the Associated Press reported Saturday.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Idaho is being exchanged for five Afghan prisoners whom the U.S. has been holding at Guantanamo Bay, AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace reported Saturday afternoon on Twitter. The five Afghanis are being turned over to the government of Qatar.