Posted on 09/19/2022 5:41:49 PM PDT by dynachrome
An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in the United States, the White House said Monday, announcing a rare success in U.S.-Taliban talks since the militant group took power a little more than a year ago
Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who had spent more than a decade in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020 and is believed to have been held since then by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network. He was traded for Bashir Noorzai, a Taliban associate convicted in a heroin trafficking conspiracy who had spent 17 years behind bars before his release Monday.
The exchange is one of the most significant prisoner swaps to take place under the Biden administration, coming five months after a deal with Russia that brought home Marine veteran Trevor Reed. Though his case has received less public attention than those of some other Americans held abroad, including WNBA star Brittney Griner and corporate security executive Paul Whelan — who are both held in Russia and whose relatives met with President Joe Biden on Friday — U.S. officials said the deal for Frerichs was the result of months of quiet negotiations.
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Hope they infected the Tali guy with AID’s or something similar first.
But this being Bidet’ they probably gave him a million bucks instead.
This was a condition of getting recognized as legitimate...
Like Carter legitimizing the palestinian state...
Biden calls for Taliban to release American hostage before legitimacy recognized
The hill ^ | 01/30/2022 | Joseph Choi
Posted on 1/30/2022, 3:41:16 PM by ChicagoConservative27
President Biden on Sunday called for the release of American hostage Mark Frerichs ahead of the two-year anniversary of his abduction if the Taliban expects to be recognized as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
GOP Senator Presses Biden Nominee Over Investment In Company That Makes Chemical Used By Mexican Drug Cartels
dailycaller.com ^ | 3/13/2021 1729 hrs est | Chuck Ross
Posted on 3/14/2021, 2:00:33 PM by rktman
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is pressing Vanita Gupta, the nominee for the number three position at the Justice Department, over millions of dollars in stock holdings she has in a chemical company that makes a key ingredient that Mexican drug cartels use to make heroin.
Gupta holds between $11 million and $55 million in shares of Avantor, a Pennsylvania-based chemical company, according to financial disclosures she has filed with the Office of Government Ethics.
Gupta’s father, Raj Gupta, serves as chairman of the board of Avantor.
link to above: https://dailycaller.com/2021/03/13/vanita-gupta-avantor-heroin-mexico-chuck-grassley/
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