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The family of U.S. veteran and contractor, Mark Frerichs, said he has been freed by the Taliban after over two years of imprisonment. His release appeared to be part of one of the most significant prisoner swaps to take place under the Biden administration.
WASHINGTON An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years by the Taliban has been released, his family said Monday, as a Taliban drug lord jailed by the United States was also freed and returned to Kabul.