Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman were held captive by the Taliban for the past 5 years; Coleman was 7 months or so pregnant at the time of capture, and apparently had 2 more children while in captivity. Odd couple though - backpacking in Afghanistan?
Article regarding the release (I picked the Guardian link because it was the only article not full of Trump's self-aggrandizing)
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US officials have confirmed the release of an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children, bringing an end to the couple’s nearly five years in captivity at the hands of a militant group aligned with the Taliban.
Troops in Pakistan, working with the United States government, secured the release of Caitlan Coleman and her husband Joshua Boyle, Donald Trump said in a statement on Thursday.
“Ms Coleman gave birth to the couple’s three children while they were in captivity,” the US president added. “Today they are free.”
The couple was kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012 and believed to be held by the Haqqani network, a network deemed a terrorist organisation by the US.
Boyle’s family said they had received a call from their son early Thursday morning to share the news of their release. “Josh said he was doing pretty well for someone who has spent the last five years in an underground prison,” Patrick Boyle told the Toronto Star. His son also told him that he and Coleman had had a third baby – a little girl – who was born two months ago.
In a statement, the Pakistani military said US intelligence officials had been tracking the family and had alerted Pakistan when the couple was moved into the tribal areas that border Afghanistan. “All hostages were recovered safe and sound, and are being repatriated to the country of their origin,” it added.
Pakistani officials did not say when the rescue had taken place or where the family is now. Officials also declined to say when they would return to North America.
Their capture came after a backpacking trip that began in Russia and took them through Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan before arriving in northern Afghanistan. Coleman, who is from Pennsylvania, was pregnant with their first child.
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Link to an article with a bit of background about the couple