- The State Department commented “not immediately”.
- A few days ago the Taliban issued an American citizen.
- An American official held “direct talks” with the Taliban last week.
Kabul: The United States has rewarded a leading Taliban leader, Sirjuddin Haqqani, a prize of $ 10 million for the leading information for the arrest of an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman.
The US State Department did not immediately respond to the request of the comment. The FBI still lists the reward on its website, saying that Sirjuddin is “believed that the United States and Afghanistan were coordinated and participated in attacks from across the border against coalition forces”.
The development falls on the heels to release an American citizen of the Taliban, detained in Afghanistan for more than two years, after a direct conversation between the American hostage envoy Adam Bohaler and the Taliban officials in Kabul on Thursday, a source said that the release said.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio on Thursday issued a statement confirming Glizman’s release.
Thursday’s meeting in Kabul marked the highest level of direct conversation between the United States and the Taliban since President Donald Trump came to power in January.
According to a statement from the Afghan Foreign Ministry, Bohrler met with the Taliban administration’s Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Mottaki.
The statement said, “During this meeting, Afghanistan-US was discussed on bilateral relations, release of prisoners and provisions of consular services for Afghans in the United States.”
The Haqqqani Network was named a terrorist dress by the US for allegedly carrying several strikes on foreign and Afghan forces during a 20 -year -long war in Afghanistan.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation also wanted Sirjuddin to interrogate, in which the US administration gave a reward of $ 10 million for the leading information for its arrest.
He is the son of Mujahideen leader Jalauddin Haqqani, who fought against the previous Soviet Union in the 1980s. Jalauddin later joined the Taliban and served as a minister in his previous government.
