US in negotiations with Taliban to swap Americans in Afghanistan for prisoner in Guantanamo
Muhammad Rahim al Afghani is alleged to have been a close associate of Usama bin Ladem
By Greg Norman , Lucas Y. Tomlinson Fox News
Published January 7, 2025 8:18am EST | Updated January 7, 2025 8:54am EST
The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who is alleged to have been a close associate of Usama bin Laden.
The talks, which have been ongoing since at least July of last year, involve exchanging suspected senior al Qaeda aide Muhammad Rahim al Afghani for American citizens George Glezmann, Ryan Corbett and Mahmoud Habibi, who were detained in Afghanistan in 2022, The Wall Street Journal first reported.
After the White House proposed that swap in November, the Taliban counteroffered, asking for Rahim and two others in exchange for Glezmann and Corbett, the newspaper reported.
House Foreign Affairs Committee members told the newspaper that they were later informed by national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a Dec. 17, 2024, classified session that Biden was still mulling the offer. One attendee added that during the meeting, panel chair Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, expressed concern that the Taliban’s counteroffer wasn’t a good deal for the U.S.
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