India, March 10 -- The United States on Monday announced that it has designated Afghanistan as a "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention". In a statement issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the US has hit out at the Taliban regime for their wrongful kidnapping of American citizens.

"Today, I am designating Afghanistan as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention. The Taliban continue to use terrorist tactics to seek policy concessions, but it won't work under this administration," Marco Rubio wrote on X.

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In an official memo issued by the US State Department, Secretary Rubio accused the Taliban of using "terrorist tactics, kidnapping individuals for ransom or to seek policy concessions."

"Thes...