Taliban release two Americans in 'goodwill gesture' after US condemns treatment of Afghan women

Two American prisoners jailed in Afghanistan are being released by the Taliban in what State Department spokesperson Ned Price called an apparent "goodwill gesture."

The two U.S. nationals were reportedly being flown from Afghanistan to Qatar Tuesday, where they were expected to be reunited with their families. Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee

While U.S. officials have yet to reveal the identities of the two Americans being released, Voice of America reported Tuesday that one of the Americans is believed to be Ivor Shearer, a U.S. citizen and journalist who was arrested by the Taliban along with his Afghan colleague in August while filming the site of the U.S. bombing that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.