{"id":2295,"date":"2026-03-24T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:49:57","slug":"taliban-says-it-released-u-s-citizen-dennis-coyle-over-a-year-after-he-was-detained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=2295","title":{"rendered":"Taliban says it released U.S. citizen Dennis Coyle over a year after he was detained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban government on Tuesday announced that it released a U.S. national who had been detained since January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign ministry said in a statement\u00a0it agreed to the release after a letter from his family, and that <span class=\"link\">Dennis Coyle<\/span> &#8220;would be pardoned and released&#8221; for Eid, the holiday marking the end of Ramadan. The U.S. State Deprtment later confirmed Coyle&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n<p>A Taliban senior official involved in prisoner negotiations told CBS News that the Taliban and U.S. have been holding talks since the last week of February.<\/p>\n<p>Coyle, a 64-year-old academic from Colorado, was taken by force from his Kabul apartment by the Taliban. His abduction came just six days after another American, <span class=\"link\">Ryan Corbett<\/span>, was released at the start of President Trump&#8217;s second term.<\/p>\n<p>Coyle was being released &#8220;based on humanitarian sympathy and goodwill, and believes that such steps can further strengthen the atmosphere of trust between countries,&#8221; the foreign ministry said in its statement, adding that Kabul &#8220;also expresses the hope that both countries will find solutions to the remaining problems through understanding and constructive dialogue in the future.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department announced the designation of Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention.<\/p>\n<p>Coyle, who spent nearly two decades in Afghanistan conducting language research, was being held by the Taliban General Directorate of Intelligence in near-solitary confinement with no charges filed, according to his family. Coyle&#8217;s capture so soon after Corbett&#8217;s release illustrates the ongoing risks faced by Americans in Afghanistan, even those with long-standing legal status and deep ties to local communities.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, the U.S. government officially designated Coyle as wrongfully detained under the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, a status that unlocks select government tools and elevates the priority of efforts to secure his release.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/26\/29cd16a2-5bc2-49d1-84ab-5fe58bf66759\/thumbnail\/620x389g8\/3f1bf45b674363814aca0edf35fd3236\/screenshot-2026-01-26-at-2-18-22-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2026-01-26-at-2-18-22-pm.png \" height=\"389\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/01\/26\/29cd16a2-5bc2-49d1-84ab-5fe58bf66759\/thumbnail\/620x389g8\/3f1bf45b674363814aca0edf35fd3236\/screenshot-2026-01-26-at-2-18-22-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Undated photo of Dennis Coyle, an American who is has been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since Jan. 26, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Family of Dennis Coyle<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The United States does not recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan&#8217;s legitimate government and lacks a diplomatic presence in the country, complicating release negotiations that are often conducted by Qatar as an intermediary on behalf of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration held negotiations with the Taliban to swap Americans detained in Afghanistan for Muhammad Rahim al Afghani, a Guantanamo Bay detainee alleged to have been an associate of Osama bin Laden, but the talks ultimately fell through. U.S. officials proposed releasing Rahim in exchange for George Glezmann, Ryan Corbett and Afghan-American Mahmoud Habibi, who was abducted in 2022. The Taliban countered by seeking Rahim and two others while denying it held Habibi.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released to CBS News on Tuesday, Habibi&#8217;s family applauded the release of Coyle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My family and I are grateful to hear the new of Dennis&#8217; release,&#8221; his brother Ahmad Habibi said in a statement. &#8220;We hope that our family will soon have the same feeling of relief, when Mahmood is returned home to us. The U.S. Government has overwhelming evidence that the Taliban&#8217;s General Directorate of Intelligence arrested my brother. Taliban denials of this obvious fact make it impossible for the people of Afghanistan to get the foreign assistance they need.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The Taliban official who spoke to CBS News on Tuesday said Rahim &#8220;should have been freed by now, but unfortunately the American side have not acted on their earlier promises and commitments yet.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the help of Qatari negotiators, Corbett and another American, William McKenty, were\u00a0released\u00a0last January in exchange for a Taliban figure who had been imprisoned for life on drug trafficking charges. Glezmann and\u00a0<span class=\"link\">another<\/span>\u00a0American, Faye Hall, were\u00a0<span class=\"link\">released<\/span>\u00a0in March, followed by a fifth American, Amir Amiri, who was\u00a0<span class=\"link\">freed<\/span>\u00a0last September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has\u00a0<span class=\"link\">offered<\/span>\u00a0a $5 million reward for information leading to Habibi&#8217;s return.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Sami  Yousafzai<\/span>, <\/p>\n<p>                                  Camilla  Schick and <\/p>\n<p>                                  Olivia  Gazis<\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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