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Taliban Frees Two American Prisoners

HeadlineDec 21, 2022

In other news from Afghanistan, the Taliban has freed two American prisoners, including independent filmmaker Ivor Shearer, who was detained in August while filming near the site of a drone strike that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Shearer was arrested along with his Afghan producer, Faizullah Faizbakhsh. It’s unknown whether he’s still detained.

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