N. American family kidnapped by Afghan Taliban freed: Pakistan army 10/12/2017 7:10:42 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print The family were freed after an operation in Pakistans Kurram tribal district along the Afghan border RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN, AFP, 12 October 2017 -  A North American family that had been held hostage by the Afghan Taliban has been freed following an operation in Pakistan, the Pakistani military said Thursday. 'Pak Army recovered 5 Western hostages including 1 Canadian, his US National wife and their three children from terrorist custody' in an operation in Kurram tribal district along the Afghan border, the army said in a statement. It did not name the family, but Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped by the Afghan Taliban during a backpacking trip in Afghanistan 2012, and are believed to have had at least two children while in captivity. The last known footage of the couple surfaced ...