Former hostage says daughter was killed and wife raped by the Taliban.
A couple released in Pakistan nearly five years after being kidnapped in Afghanistan returned to Canada on Friday, where the husband claimed his daughter was murdered and his wife raped; American Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, were kidnapped while traveling through Afghanistan in 2012 by the Haqqani network, an ally of the Taliban.
By David Ljunggren and Maggie Parkhill
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) A couple released in Pakistan nearly five years after being kidnapped in Afghanistan returned to Canada on Friday, where the husband claimed his daughter was murdered and his wife raped.
American Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle, were kidnapped while traveling through Afghanistan in 2012 by the Haqqani network, an ally of the Taliban. They arrived in Canada with three of their children.
"Obviously, it will be incredibly important to my family that we are able to build a safe sanctuary for our three surviving children to call home," Boyle told reporters after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
Pakistani troops rescued the family in the northwest of the country, near the border with Afghanistan, this week. The US has long accused Pakistan of failing to combat the Haqqani network.
Boyle said that the Taliban, whom he referred to by its local name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, conducted an investigation last year and admitted that the crimes against his family were carried out by the Haqqani network.
He asked the Taliban to "give my family the justice we deserve."