Taliban Releases Two American Prisoners

The Taliban have released two detained Americans, who arrived in Qatar on Tuesday, the State Department has confirmed. State Department spokesman Ned Price said no Afghan prisoners or other people of interest were exchanged for their release, the Washington Post reported. U.S. officials described it as a “goodwill gesture” from the Taliban, who are fresh off 20 years of war with the U.S., the Post reported. CNN, the first to report the story, reported that one of the released Americans is filmm …