The Afghan Taliban government says American national Dennis Coyle has been released

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government said on Tuesday that authorities have released American academic Dennis Coyle, held in Afghanistan since January 2025. A statement from the country’s foreign ministry said the academic researcher had been released in Kabul, the country’s capital, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday following Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. It said the release followed an appeal from his family and after the country’s Supreme Court “c