Afghan Taliban Releases US Linguist Dennis Coyle After More Than a Year

Afghanistan releases detained US citizen

Afghanistan's Taliban government released a US national on Tuesday who had been detained for more than a year, after a letter from his family requesting his freedom.

Afghanistan frees detained US citizen Dennis Coyle as gesture of ‘goodwill’

US State Secretary Marco Rubio welcomes Coyle’s release as ‘positive step’ and thanks Qatar and the UAE for their help.

American hostage to finally return home after Taliban captivity

An American hostage has been released by the Taliban after more than a year in custody. Fox News reported Tuesday that Dennis Coyle, an American academic who spent nearly two decades in Afghanistan before being detained by the Taliban without charges, has finally been released after more than a year in near-solitary confinement. 'Today, Dennis is on his way home.'Coyle, 64, was taken from his home in Kabul in January 2025. "The United States wel…

Taliban Frees American Academic Held More Than Year

The Trump administration is pressuring the Afghan government to release Americans it considers held without justification.

Afghanistan releases US citizen Dennis Coyle after one year of captivity

U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler said 64-year-old Dennis Coyle, an American academic who has been spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan, was taken as political leverage and committed no crime.

American detained in Afghanistan is freed after being held for over a year

The State Department said earlier this month that the Taliban was believed to hold at least four U.S. nationals