Afghan Taliban agrees to release US detainee Dennis Coyle

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1 min readKabulMar 24, 2026 07:41 PM IST

The Afghan ⁠Taliban government ​said on Tuesday it has decided ​to ​release U.S. detainee ⁠Dennis Coyle in response to ‌a request from his mother.

“The foreign minister said that ⁠after ⁠a letter from the detainee’s ⁠family … ‌the ​Supreme Court … deemed ‌the period of his detention ‌sufficient ​and ​decided ​to release him,” the foreign ​ministry said ⁠in a statement.