They are finally back in Canada

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While they were being held by the taliban, Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle have appeared in a video with their children

QMI agency

Saturday, 14 October, 2017 00:00

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TORONTO (QMI AGENCY AND AFP), The Canadian Joshua Boyle and his american wife Caitlan Coleman arrived on canadian soil yesterday evening with their three children, after having been kidnapped five years ago in Afghanistan by the taliban.

They arrived at the Toronto airport to board a flight that departed from London. A first flight had led them out of Islamabad, Pakistan, where they were released earlier this week, up to London.

The three children of the couple were born in captivity. Ms. Coleman was pregnant when she was abducted with her husband while they were traveling in Afghanistan and has had two other pregnancies after that.

After their arrival, yesterday evening, the canadian government has hailed this latest development in this case.

“Today, we join the family Boyle in order to emphasize the long-awaited return of his relatives in Canada, said world Affairs Canada in a press release. Canada has played an active role at all levels in the record of Mr. Boyle, and it will continue to support him and his family, now that they are in the country’s income. “

For its part, the us government welcomed the release of the family Boyle-Coleman, made possible thanks to the collaboration of the pakistani government and the pakistani army.

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The pakistani forces fired at the tyres of the car that was carrying the north american family freed from captivity on Wednesday in Pakistan, and their captors fled on foot, according to officials of pakistan yesterday.

The intervention has enabled the release of the family of Mr. Boyle.

The insurgents ” fled on foot “, said major-general Asif Ghafoor, spokesman of the army, stating that the military had not wanted to shoot and take the risk of hurting the hostages, who were found in the car.

The operation took place a few kilometers inside the territory of pakistan, near the afghan border, he said. “When the insurgents have refused to stop, [the soldiers] have shot in the tires. “

The pakistani army has carried out on the basis of u.s. intelligence. She has been informed of the entry of the hostages in Pakistan to 16 h local [11 a.m. GMT], he also told the pakistani television on Thursday evening.

“We have sent our soldiers, spotted the vehicle on the basis of information up to 19 h local [Wednesday] and recovered the hostages “, he added.

“Co-operation “

Of the inhabitants of the region have stated that they have seen many drones in the sky in the previous days.

The pakistan armed forces had initially intended to intercept the car at a checkpoint in the tribal area of Kurram, which borders the provinces of Paktia and Nangarhar in Afghanistan, but she left the road, said a security source in pakistan.

Announced on Thursday by the pakistani army, the release of the hostages has been confirmed shortly after by the us president Donald Trump, who welcomed the “cooperation of the pakistani government” and was seen as a mark of “respect” on his part to the United States.