Aust professor in Taliban prisoner swap

By Hamid Shalizi
Updated November 13 2019 - 8:58am, first published November 12 2019 - 8:12pm
The Taliban kidnapped Australian professor Timothy Weeks in August 2016.
The Taliban kidnapped Australian professor Timothy Weeks in August 2016.

Afghanistan will release two senior Taliban commanders and a leader of the Haqqani militant group in exchange for Australian professor Timothy Weeks and American colleague Kevin King, who were kidnapped in 2016.

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