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Three Taliban Militants Flown to Qatar Awaiting Prisoner Swap

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   Sources close to the Taliban say three high-ranking commanders who have
   been held in Afghanistan are in Qatar awaiting release in exchange for
   two long-time Western captives of the insurgent group.

   The sources said the commanders were flown to Doha on Monday awaiting
   the swap with American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, two
   professors at the American University in Kabul. King and Weeks were
   kidnapped in August 2016 outside American University's campus.

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