The Taliban “Ministry of Foreign Affairs” announced Tuesday that one of its members, detained in the United States on narcotics and terrorism charges, has been traded by the U.S. for two Americans held prisoner for several years by the extremist Afghan regime.
The Taliban identified the member involved in the exchange as a “mujahid,” or jihadist, named Khan Mohammad, now 55 years of age. He was arrested in 2006 in the province of Nangarhar and extradited to the U.S. to face drug and terrorism charges.
Mohammed was arrested based on a tip from an Afghan farmer who said the Taliban attempted to recruit him to conduct a rocket attack on an airfield used by American and NATO forces.
The farmer wore a wire to meetings with Mohammed, a village elder, and the Taliba