The Taliban described the agreement as a constructive demonstration of resolving disputes through dialogue. The swap comes amid ongoing tensions between the two parties, with Kabul-based sources revealing that the Taliban still holds at least five US citizens.

Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He served as managing director and head of the Office ...

South Africa was not the only state in Africa subjected to a brutal racist dictatorship during the decades of the apartheid regime. Conditions were far worse in Sudan, and they continue now to inflict havoc and destruction on the lives of its black African ...