Taliban Releases American Scholar Dennis Coyle, Imprisoned Without Justification for More Than a Year

Release of American Citizen by Taliban On Tuesday, the Taliban in Afghanistan released Dennis Coyle, an American national, after he had been in captivity for 14 months. He arrived in San Antonio, Texas, the following morning. The 64-year-old Coyle is an academic from Colorado who has spent over two decades conducting language research in Afghanistan. […]
Afghanistan releases American Dennis Coyle who was wrongly held for a year.

American Scholar Released by Taliban After More Than a Year American scholar Dennis Coyle has been freed after spending over a year in Taliban custody, according to Adam Boehler, Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs. The 64-year-old from Colorado, who has dedicated nearly two decades to work in Afghanistan, was reportedly taken from his residence in […]
Taliban releases American Dennis Coyle 14 months after his abduction

Taliban Releases American Detainee Dennis Coyle WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, the Taliban government in Afghanistan announced the release of Dennis Coyle, an American who had been held in Kabul since January 2025. Coyle’s family had made an earnest appeal to both the U.S. government and Afghanistan’s foreign ministry, urging his release. The Taliban revealed that […]