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US hostage exchanged for Afghan drug lord in prisoner swap

Por: The Boston Globe World September 20, 2022

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KABUL — The Taliban government of Afghanistan on Monday said that it had freed an American engineer, Mark Frerichs, in exchange for the release by the United States of a prominent Afghan tribal leader who had been convicted of drug trafficking.The release of the tribal leader, Bashir Noorzai, who has close ties to the Taliban, was hailed by supporters of the group as a major symbolic victory and a public sign of the Taliban’s enduring... + full article



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