News Wrap: American Ryan Corbett released from Afghanistan in prisoner swap with Taliban
In our news wrap Tuesday, a prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban secured the release of American Ryan Corbett from Afghanistan, two top Israeli generals resigned over the military's failure to stop the Oct.
U.S. and Afghanistan carry out prisoner swap, confirm Taliban and family
The United States and Afghanistan have carried out a prisoner swap, the Taliban announced early Tuesday. Scant details released on the exchange state that an Afghan national held in the United States was exchanged for two Americans detained in Afghanistan,
Americans Freed in Taliban Prisoner Swap as Biden’s Term Concludes
In a significant diplomatic development, two Americans detained in Afghanistan have been released in a prisoner exchange with the Taliban. This exchange occurred in the final hours of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
Afghan Taliban government announces prisoner swap with US
The Taliban government said Tuesday they had released American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the US.
Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange
A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.
Police arrest resident of North planning suicide attack in Israel
Mahmud Hassin Muhammed Bushkar, 37, intended to create an explosive belt in order to carry out terrorist attacks in Israel, ...
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Trump lifts sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank in new Middle East policy
GazaUS President Donald Trump has rescinded sanctions on far-right Israeli settler groups and people accused of being ...
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Israel delays Gaza ceasefire, hostage release deal
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Gaza ceasefire would not go into effect as long as Hamas does not reveal the names of the first hostages it plans to free, Israel said on Sunday. With the implementation of the ...
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Distance Between Kabul and Jerusalem
The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between Kabul and Jerusalem. Load Map What is the travel distance between Jerusalem, Israel and Kabul, Afghanistan? How many ...
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The last Jews in Afghanistan argued so much the Taliban kicked them out of prison and stole their Torah
When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in the late 1990s, Simentov went to Israel with his family, where his wife, daughters and sisters now live, but returned to Kabul after just two months.
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Don’t Count on the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Lasting Long
AFTER 466 DAYS OF GRUELING and deadly conflict, Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire. The deal the two sides agreed on ...
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Why is the Taliban's Kabul victory being compared to the fall of Saigon?
The helicopter was photographed landing on the roof of the US embassy in Kabul As the US continues its withdrawal from the Afghan capital, social media has been flooded with pictures of a ...
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What we know about Zebulon Simantov, Afghanistan’s last Jew who still won’t leave the country (or divorce his wife)
Simantov, who has in recent years lived in Kabul’s only synagogue, said earlier this year that he would leave before the Taliban arrived, possibly for Israel. He has also said that the Taliban ...
Israel's war spending in 2024 lifts debt burden to 69% of GDP
Israel spent about 100 billion shekels ($28 billion) on military conflicts in 2024, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, a ...