KABUL, Afghanistan − The Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday, March 24, 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 Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement.
Coyle, a resident of Pueblo, Colorado, was detained in January 2025 while in Afghanistan conducting research on Afghan languages, according to the Pueblo Chieftain, part of the USA TODAY Network.
