TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Marin County, California man who became known as the "American Taliban" after his capture on an Afghanistan battlefield in late 2001 has been released from prison. John Walker ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A U.S. citizen held in Afghanistan for over a year has been freed, the Taliban said Tuesday. Dennis Coyle, 64, was released after ...

Dennis Coyle, an American man held by the Taliban for more than a year without charges, landed Wednesday on American soil following his release Tuesday from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan. Video and ...

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s Taliban government announced Tuesday it had freed US detainee Dennis Coyle, whom Kabul had held in captivity since January 2025. Coyle’s family had pushed for his release in ...