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JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - White House confirms former Marine Robert Gilman has landed back in the US Thu Aug 13 01:07:36 2026

The former Marine's return comes a day after President Donald Trump secured his release after four years in captivity. The president did not detail the agreement he reached with Russia but said it was "very much on a humanitarian basis."

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - A Child’s Courage Ends 12 Years of Captivity: French Mother and Five Children Rescued in Pakistan Tue Jun 30 06:34:04 2026

French woman Sylvia yasmeena was abused by husband and her four children rescued in Khyber, Pakhtunkhwa after Police raid Published June 30, 2026 PESHAWAR, Pakistan — For more than a decade, a French woman and [...]

NEWSNATIONNOW (Katie Pavlich) - Former Taliban prisoner recounts 14 months of captivity in Afghanistan Thu May 7 06:00:17 2026

After 11 days in captivity, on Feb. 8, 2025, an investigator told him bluntly, “This will take a long time, and I don’t mean months — I mean years,” Dennis Coyle said.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Patrick Djordjevic) - Shelly Kittleson leaves Iraq after release from captivity Thu Apr 9 04:30:12 2026

Kiran Nazish said Kittleson is being cared for by U.S. officials.

JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Afghanistan releases US citizen Dennis Coyle after one year of captivity Tue Mar 24 21:52:30 2026

U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler said 64-year-old Dennis Coyle, an American academic who has been spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan, was taken as political leverage and committed no crime.

REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Promises Made, Promises Kept: Dennis Coyle Now Freed From Afghan Captivity Tue Mar 24 15:49:27 2026

NEWSNATIONNOW (Steph Whiteside) - Detained American Dennis Coyle released from Afghanistan Tue Mar 24 13:50:57 2026

The academic researcher was detained in the country in January of 2025.