A designated Global Terrorist and Opium King, Abdul Rashid Baluch has been released in a US-brokered Taliban-India prisoner swap. The Afghan Taliban have confirmed that it has freed at least three Indian hostages in exchange for the release of at least 11 Taliban commanders from a high-security prison in Afghanistan in an apparent deal that included a prominent regional leader caught five years ago personally escorting a shipment of nearly a ton of opium.[toc]
