Taliban Tell VOA Western Couple Held Captive In Good Health

Afghanistan’s Taliban confirmed to VOA Tuesday it has been holding a Canadian man, his American wife and their two children hostage, saying the insurgent group is waiting for the U.S. and Canadian governments to meet its demands. Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman, in a video that surfaced this week, called on Canada and the United States to pressure the Afghan government into halting executions of Taliban prisoners. They warned their captors will kill them and their children...

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