On a former U.S. military base in Qatar, Afghans who supported the United States in its 20-year war against the Taliban have been left in limbo, living in windowless shipping containers far from the new lives they were once promised in the U.

Dennis Coyle landed in San Antonio the morning of March 25 and was greeted by family, the day after officials announced he was released from custody.

The foreign ministry said in a statement it agreed after a letter from his family that Dennis Coyle "would be pardoned and released" for Eid.

Coyle, a 64-year-old academic from Colorado, was detained in January 2025 on allegations of violating laws, although the Afghan government never publicly stated what laws he had violated

The Taliban freed American academic Dennis Coyle after more than a year in custody, calling it a goodwill gesture tied to Eid.

The Taliban in Afghanistan claim that a Pakistani military airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul has killed over 400 people, but Pakistan alleges the site was a weapons depot.

American academic Dennis Coyle who has was held by the Taliban in Kabul without charges since January 2025, has been released and is heading home.

More than a year after being detained without charges by the Taliban in Afghanistan, 64-year-old Puebloan Dennis Coyle is coming home.

The Afghan Taliban government on Tuesday released U.S. ‌detainee Dennis Coyle after more than a year in detention, but Washington said the move was not sufficient to lift its recent designation of Kabul as a "state sponsor of wrongful detention" and called for it to take ​more action.

According to Australian News Website The Conversation the Taliban regime incorporated extremist armed groups into government forces after taking control of Afghanistan. India is supporting Taliban to pursue its nefarious geopolitical and regional interests.