Corbett’s release came as part of a prisoner exchange.

The family of Ryan Corbett, one of the Americans in the exchange, said their hearts were filled with overwhelming gratitude for his release.

Ryan Corbett has been wrongfully detained by the Taliban for more than 670 days.

Anna Corbett also expressed her dismay that the U.S has sent $2 billion in aid to Afghanistan since her husband was taken hostage.

U.S. Senate leaders are calling for the Taliban's immediate release of an American citizen with ties to Louisville.

Since August 2022, Ryan Corbett has been wrongfully detained by the Taliban.

Ryan Corbett has been held captive by the Taliban for nearly a year and a half, suffering in a 9 foot by 9 foot cell.

Nadia Nadim, a Racing Louisville player, started the Hamida Nadim Memorial Fund in honor of her mother, Hamida, who died last year.

Dozens of members of Louisville's Afghan community staged a protest to bring attention to what they call genocide happening in their native county.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries resettled over 300 Afghans, primarily between November through February, while another 140 were helped in Lexington and around 30 people in northern Kentucky.