Michael Waltz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, during a deployment as a Green Beret to Afghanistan’s Tagab Valley in 2006. He was an officer in the National Guard who served in Afghanistan with the 20th Special Forces Group. (Michael Waltz via The Washington Post)

The wife of an American man who has been detained by the Taliban for more than two years spoke with leaders from the current and incoming administrations over the weekend about their efforts to secure the release of her husband,

Ryan Corbett, a Dansville resident, has been detained by the Taliban since 2022. He traveled to Afghanistan on a work visa to train and pay employees at a business he started before the American withdrawal.

"The terrorists get a vote, and they're voting to keep fighting," former Trump counterterrorism envoy Nathan Sales told Newsweek.

US President-elect Donald Trump vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine war that has been raging for more than three years. In a victory speech just before the inauguration, Trump addressed a gathering and said,

A secret Guantanamo Bay prisoner swap has been stalled by Taliban officials wanting to curry favour with Donald Trump. Afghan government officials are discussing delaying the exchange until the president-elect takes office later this month, sources told The Telegraph.

Tenn., on Monday shared a letter he wrote to President-elect Donald Trump raising concerns over taxpayer dollars going to the Taliban.

President Biden spoke by phone Sunday with the families of three Americans held by the Taliban, Ryan Corbett, George Glezmann and Mahmood Habibi.

The incoming administration wants to try the move again, potentially opening up military operations against the groups.

Delivering his last speech as the President-elect, Donald Trump touched on topics like immigration, the TikTok ban in US and the Californian wildfires.

President-elect Donald Trump again said he would get Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting while also saying he would demand the Taliban return billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan in 2021.

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Hundreds of veterans and current and former U.S. officials want President-elect Donald Trump to preserve ... 20-year war against the Taliban, according to a letter ...