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Taliban frees two Americans in 'goodwill gesture': US

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The Taliban have freed two Americans in detention in Afghanistan, the State Department says, on the same day that the militant faced condemnation for banning women at universities. "This, we understand, to have been a goodwill gesture on the part of the Taliban. This was not part of any swap of prisoners or detainees. There was no money that exchanged hands," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE

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