Nevertheless, Iranian media insist that three high-ranking Taliban leaders have been released - Mullah Khairkhawa, former interior minister; Mullah Noorullah Noori, a former governor; and Mullah Fazl Akhund, the Taliban's chief of army staff - in exchange for an American soldier held by the Taliban. CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) ↑ "Guantanamo Taliban inmates 'agree to Qatar transfer'".