INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vedant Patel, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said Tuesday that Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan,
pressed the Islamic Emirate delegation at the Doha meeting for the release of two American citizens held in an Afghanistan prison.&During
these meetings, Special Rep West pressed for the immediate and unconditional release of US citizens unjustly detained in Afghanistan, noting
that these detentions impede progress in the Taliban&s (IEA) own desire for international recognition
US officials continue to press for their release continuously and at every opportunity,& he said
Patel further elaborated that both West and Special Envoy Rina Amiri met directly with IEA representatives during the Doha 3 meetings to
address the matter.&So to widen the aperture a little bit, Special Representative Tom West and Special Envoy Amiri met directly with Taliban
(IEA) representatives during the Doha 3 meetings,& he added.Previously, two senior US national security officials told NBC News that two
American citizens are currently imprisoned by the IEA
Claudia Tenney, a US Congress member, stated earlier that one of the detainees Ryan Corbett has been detained in Afghanistan without any
charges since August 20, 2022.Meanwhile, speaking in a press conference on Wednesday in Kabul Zabiullah Mujahid, who led the IEA&s
delegation to Doha said that they had a short conversation with the American representatives and discussed the release of Afghan prisoners
from American prisons, especially those imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.&In the conversation with the American representative, there was a
discussion about the two American prisoners in Afghanistan, and we also discussed about the Afghan prisoners who are imprisoned by the
Americans in Guantanamo bay, and just as they want the release of their prisoners and it is important for them, the release of Afghan
prisoners is also important for us,& said Mujahid.Although the Islamic Emirate has good relations with the neighboring countries and the
region, its relations with the West, especially the United States, are not very good, and the Islamic Emirate considers the United States to
be the biggest obstacle to its global legitimacy, the IEA has said.The post US envoy pressed IEA at Doha meeting to release American
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