The American citizen issued by the Taliban after a detention of 9 months in Afghanistan, the source says

CBS News learned that Amir Amiri, an American citizen, had detained him nine months ago in Afghanistan, who was released on Sunday and he was on his way back to the United States.

A source of knowledge of the situation said that the Qatari diplomats are coordinating with the office of the United States for the United States for hostilities to facilitate the launch of Amiri. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, Qatar signed an agreement to represent American interests in the country. Before my prince, it helped secure the release of four other American citizens from Afghanistan earlier this year.

Amiri was detained in December 2024. Qatar began negotiating his release in March, and initially arranged a meeting between Emiri and US Special Envoy Adam Bouhler during his visit to Afghanistan, according to the source of his knowledge of his release. The source told CBS News that Qatari diplomats monitored Emiri’s health and maintained close communication with US officials throughout his arrest.

The source said that the negotiations lasted for several months until Qatar reached a penetration this week, which led to the release of Emiri.

American citizens were released In a prisoner’s swap between the United States and the Taliban in January, one of them, Ryan Corbit, was kidnapped in 2022 during the business trip. The Taliban agreed to release them from Afghanistan, in exchange for Khan Muhammad, a life -long Taliban character in California on charges of drug trafficking and terrorism.

Two other Americans from Afghanistan were released in March. Fi HallSources told CBS News after the release of Hall, who was detained earlier in the year on charges of using an unauthorized drone, with a British couple who remained in the Taliban nursery. The British spouses, Peter and Barbie Reynolds were released earlier this month. Separately, American George Galzmann He was also released in March after being detained during a tourist visit to Afghanistan in 2022, in a move described by the former American envoy in Afghanistan, “a generosity of goodwill” by President Trump by the Taliban.