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After nine months in detention with the Taliban in Afghanistan, an Austrian right-wing extremist has been released. The Austrian Chancellery and Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that the 84-year-old had landed in the Qatari capital Doha. He had been held by the Islamist Taliban movement which now rules Afghanistan, since May 2023. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer thanked the Qatari government on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, for its mediation in the matter. The Foreign Ministry emphasized that the 84-year-old had received “consular support to the best of our ability” in recent…

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