Ryan Corbett, an American detained in Afghanistan, was released amid the U.S. presidential transition, according to his family.

The family thanked both the Biden and Trump administrations for "countless hours of negotiations, unwavering support, and determination."

Two other American captives remain in Afghanistan: George Glezmann, a former airline mechanic, and Mahmood Habibi, a naturalized American who was seized soon after a U.S. strike in Afghanistan killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al Qaeda.

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The United States and Afghanistan have carried out a prisoner swap, the Taliban announced early Tuesday. Scarce details released on the exchange state that an Afghan national held in the United States was exchanged for at least one detained American, Ryan Corbett.

ISLAMABAD -- A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges, officials said Tuesday.

Released Afghan was a member of Taliban found guilty of narco-terrorism charges: U.S. DOJ records Ryan Corbett, NGO worker, detained in Afghanistan in 2022, among released Americans: family Exchange a result of "long and productive" negotiations with Washington,

Two U.S. citizens held for years by the Taliban have been released from imprisonment in exchange for an Afghan drug trafficker. The family of Ryan Corbett, a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped by the terrorist government in August 2022,

The Taliban government said Tuesday it had released two American citizens from prison in return for an Afghan fighter held in the United States, in a deal brokered by Qatar.