An American George Galzmann released the Taliban more than two years after his arrest in Afghanistan

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio confirmed on Thursday that the American patriot George Galzmann He was on his way back to the United States after being released by Taliban rulers in Afghanistan. Galzmann, a citizen of Atlanta, was held after being detained by the Taliban authorities during his tourist visit to Afghanistan in December 2022.

The United States government considered it a mistake.

Rubio thanked Qatar, saying that “the fixed commitment and diplomatic efforts had an effective role in securing the launch of George.”

His statement came after the former US government envoy to Afghanistan Zagmay Khalilzad Publish a A statement on x He announced the release of Galzmann, which was called “good -intention” by President Trump by the Taliban.

Khalilzad said that Mr. Trump “made freedom and the homeland for Americans abroad a high priority. It is an honor to help with this important effort.”

“George joins the Americans, Ryan Corbett and William McCain, who were released from Afghanistan on the night of President Trump’s inauguration and returned to their home,” Rubo said in his statement, as Rubio said in his statement: “George’s release will continue to be a positive step.

It was Corbit It was released in January In exchange for the Taliban character, who was imprisoned in California on charges of drug trafficking and terrorism.

Before President Joe Biden left his post, his administration was also working on a deal to secure the release of Corbett, Galitan and Mahmoud Habibi, an American -American businessman who works as a contractor for a Kabul -based contact company, and also disappeared in 2022. Taliban Habibi denied.

Since the re -control of Afghanistan after the American military withdrawal in the summer of 2021, the Taliban has failed to obtain international recognition as the legitimate rulers in the country. Most countries, including the United States, refused to engage in official diplomatic relations due to the Taliban Drakon Rights campaign, which witnessed that the Islamic extremist group eradicates almost all freedom for Afghan women and girls during two decades of western -backed rule.

The Taliban regime tried to show that despite these local policies, it is in line with the United States in its determination to rid Afghanistan of the threat posed by ISIS.

A statement issued on Thursday by the Taliban’s Afghanistan Foreign Ministry called the launch of Galzmann, “a generosity of goodwill, reflects the willingness of Afghanistan to involve all parties, especially the United States of America, on the basis of mutual respect and interests.”

“The end of the conflict in Afghanistan is the suppression of corrupt groups such as ISIS (ISIS), and there is no threat from Afghanistan towards others, indicating that Afghanistan can play a positive role in regional stability and the world, and that it is able to solve its problems with the world in friendly terms.”