NEW: Taliban releases American Mark Frerichs in prisoner swap
Bashir Noorzai attends a press event at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul on Sept. 19. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images, who was kidnapped in Afghanistan two years ago, was released Monday by the Taliban in an exchange with Afghan drug kingpin Bashir Noorzai, a senior Biden administration official confirmed to Axios.
The Biden administration "will continue to work intensively ... to bring home all Americans wrongfully detained or held hostage abroad and Mark’s successful release is evidence of our commitment," the senior administration official said.
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