American Hostage Caitlan Boyle Speaks Out After 5 Years of Captivity

American Hostage Caitlan Boyle Speaks Out After 5 Years of Captivity
A still image from a video posted by the Haqqani terror group on Dec. 19, 2016, showing American Caitlan Coleman, her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle, and their two sons. screenshot
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Caitlan Coleman, a woman who was held as a prisoner by the Taliban for five years and suffered abuse at the hands of her captors, has spoken out for the first time from her hospital bed.

The woman, who goes by her married name Caitlan Boyle, wrote an email to her hometown newspaper in Pennsylvania that she wants to be “left alone.” She told the paper that she prefers to be called by her married name.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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