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US officials have held talks in Kabul with Taliban authorities about Americans detained in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
The meeting involved Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s special envoy for hostage response, and Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US envoy for Afghanistan. They sat down with Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, according to the ministry.
“Both parties emphasised the continuation of talks on various current and future issues in bilateral relations, particularly regarding citizens imprisoned in each other’s countries,” the ministry said in a statement cited by Reuters.
Washington has not issued a statement about the meeting, and Khalilzad did not respond to a call for comment, Reuters reported.
US officials have said that Mahmood Habibi, a naturalised American citizen, is the most prominent detainee in Afghanistan, although the Taliban denies holding him.
The Taliban took power in 2021 after two decades of US military presence in Afghanistan and remain unrecognised by Washington.
