Joshua Boyle Caitlan Coleman

• Charges against ex-Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle dismissed

  The couple was seized in 2012 in Afghanistan during an ill-fated backpacking trip through Asia.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2019
  
• Joshua Boyle trial on hold as estranged wife attempts to block sexual history as evidence

  Caitlan Coleman's lawyer is asking a superior court to review a ruling that allows Boyle to introduce evidence concerning certain consensual sexual activity with his wife.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2019
  
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• Joshua Boyle’s estranged wife alleges he bound her, hit her, forced sex following Afghan captivity

  Caitlan Coleman, Joshua Boyle's estranged wife, gave birth to three kids during their three-year hostage ordeal.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2019
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• Joshua Boyle deserves no sympathy, but he owes answers

  If Joshua Boyle is a victim of anything, it's his own wrongdoing.

  Commentary

  Jan 5, 2018
• Caitlan Coleman says being held captive by Taliban was ‘intolerable’ for her kids

  Pakistani troops rescued Coleman Boyle, her husband, Joshua Boyle, and their three children on Oct. 11, five years after the couple was abducted in Afghanistan on a backpacking trip.

  World

  Nov 21, 2017
• Joshua Boyle, family held in Pakistan after kidnapping in Afghanistan: CIA

  CIA Director Mike Pompeo's remarks appeared to be the first time a U.S. official has publicly stated that the family spent their captivity in Pakistan.

  World

  Oct 19, 2017
• TIMELINE: Canadian Joshua Boyle’s captivity, and life after being freed

  Joshua Boyle, his wife Caitlan Coleman, and their three children were freed from captivity after five years.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2017
• ‘The silence is deafening’: family of Canadian kidnapped in Afghanistan can’t get answers

  "For me it's gone from shock and disbelief to complete despair," Boyle's aunt Kelli O'Brien said.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2017
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• Canada calls for release of Joshua Boyle, Canadian held in Afghanistan after new video appears

  Officials in Canada called for the unconditional release of a Canadian man and his American wife after a new video appeared to show them begging their governments to intervene on their behalf with their Afghan captors.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2016