Saturday, October 14, 2017

Released from the Taliban, Boyle refuses to return home with US military aircraft

                                                                (VIA THE SUN)

Canadian male joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman, United States, arrived in Toronto, Friday (13/10/2017)

Boyle with Coleman and their three children, just released from hostage-taking of radical Taliban groups in Afghanistan, a few days ago.

Boyle and Coleman were kidnapped by Taliban militants during a backpacker trip in Afghanistan in 2012.

The couple was later handed over to the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network in Pakistan.

In the ceremony, both were blessed with three children.
"Today, we joyfully join the Boyle family, which has been eagerly awaited in Canada and is now back, to us and their loved ones."

A statement from the Canadian Foreign Ministry quoted by AFP news agency as saying.

"Canada has been actively involved in the Boyle case at all levels."

"We will continue to support Boyle and his family today, after they return."

The family was freed by Pakistani troops who held operations on information received from the US intelligence service.

Boyle on Thursday rejected a return trip with a US military aircraft.

she is worried that she will get oversight from the US over her previous marriage with a sister from a prisoner at Guantanamo, Omar Khadr.

He chose to fly back from Islamabad to Canada via commercial flights via London.

In 2009, Boyle married Zaynab Khadr, the sister of Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured in combat in 2002 in Afghanistan.

Khadr was detained at a US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, before being handed over to Canada and released in 2015.

Before being kidnapped, Boyle was active in a campaign for the liberation of Khadr from Guantanamo and transfers to Canada.

On Thursday, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Boyle was not the target of an investigation in Canada.

Boyle's parents live 80 kilometers southwest of Ottawa.