{"id":210187,"date":"2025-01-08T00:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/u-s-presses-for-release-of-americans-held-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T00:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:37:05","slug":"u-s-presses-for-release-of-americans-held-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/u-s-presses-for-release-of-americans-held-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Presses for Release of Americans Held in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. officials made a new offer to the Taliban over the weekend to try to secure the release of Americans held in Afghanistan, according to people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

American officials declined to discuss the negotiations or the offer. But people briefed on the conversations said the White House had been working on a deal to get the Americans back in exchange for Muhammad Rahim<\/a>, an Afghan who has been held at Guant\u00e1namo Bay since 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The U.S. government has said Mr. Rahim was a senior aide in Al Qaeda, but others have cast doubt on his role in the organization, suggesting that he was a courier and a translator and would not pose a threat to the United States if he were released.<\/p>\n

The Taliban have acknowledged holding two Americans. One of them, George Glezmann, a former airline mechanic, was touring Afghanistan when he was taken prisoner in December 2022. The other, Ryan Corbett, who had long lived in Afghanistan with his family before the fall of the U.S.-backed government, was on a business trip when he was seized in August 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n