- The Biden Administration made a deal with the Taliban to win the release of Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran who was kidnapped by the terrorist regime in 2020 while working in Afghanistan.
- In exchange, the U.S. returned to the Taliban a convicted heroin dealer, Bashir Noorzai, whom the U.S. had imprisoned for 17 years.
- Noorzai had close ties to the Taliban, and his operation generated critical funding for the prior regime.
