Afghanistan announces release of detained US citizen
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban province announced on Tuesday that it was freeing a US national who had been detained for more than a year.
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Afghanistan announces release of detained US citizen
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban province announced on Tuesday that it was freeing a US national who had been detained for more than a year.
The external government department stated the family of linguist and researcher Dennis Coyle had written to the supreme head of Afghanistan, requesting his release for Eid.
"The Top judicial body of the Islamic Emirate deemed his period of detention sufficient and decided on his release," a comment read.
The formal declaration came after a session of External affairs chief Amir Khan Muttaqi, US former special diplomatic representative to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, the UAE diplomatic representative to Kabul Saif Mohammed Al-Ketbi, and a member of Coyle's family.
The UAE facilitated the release, the government department stated, adding that Coyle had been reunited with his family in Kabul on Tuesday.
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