U.S. mission, led by former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and White Home particular envoy for hostage response Adam Boehler, was a mirrored image of a Trump administration precedence to free People held abroad. The negotiations with the Taliban have led to the liberating of three American prisoners from Afghanistan this yr, and strategies from U.S. officers that extra engagement could also be within the offing. One official instructed CNN that “there’s a path that’s constructive, and in the event that they stroll that path, we stroll that path.”