BREAKING: American freed from Afghanistan arrives in US

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:01:43 +0000

Dennis Coyle returned to the United States this morning, more than one year after he was arrested and held by the Taliban without charges, Special Envoy for Hostage. Coyle spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan as an academic, and was taken from his home in Kabul in January 2025 by Taliban intelligence and held in near-solitary confinement.