The Taliban They announced today (28.09.2025) that they released Amir Amiri, an American national held at the Afghanistana few weeks after a visit to an American delegation to Kabul.
President Trump’s special envoy to Homer Adam Boller cases had gone to the capital of Afghanistan for negotiations with the Taliban for exchanges of prisoners.
This decision should demonstrate that ‘solutions can be found through diplomatic roads“, Stressed the Taliban Foreign Ministry by posting on X, confirming that the prisoner was handed over to a spokesman for US President Donald Trump.
The Taliban thanked Qatar for his role as a mediator In the negotiations on the liberation of Amiri.
Amir Amiri (third from left) with diplomats from US and Qatar after his release / Qatari Diplomat / Handout Via Reuters
Amir Amiri, who was held in Afghanistan since December 2024, is on the way to Doha this evening, a renamed official told Reuters.
For his part, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed Amir Amiri’s liberation while referring to a “important step forward“And pledged that the US government would do everything possible to secure the release and others American prisoners.
Today we welcome home Amir Amiry, an American who was wrongfully detained in Afghanistan. I want to thank Qatar for helping secure his freedom. @POTUS has made it clear we will not stop until every American unjustly detained abroad is back home.
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) September 28, 2025
“While this marks an important step forward, other Americans remain unjustly in Afghanistan. President (Donald) Trump will not rest until all our captive citizens return, “Rubio said in a statement.