Joshua Boyle, his American wife and three children arrived in Toronto Friday after being freed from captivity in Pakistan, the Canadian government announced.
Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman were captured by the Taliban while hiking in Afghanistan in 2012, and then turned over to the affiliated militant Haqqani network in Pakistan.
All three of their children were born in captivity.
“Today, we join the Boyle family in rejoicing over the long-awaited return to Canada of their loved ones,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
“Canada has been actively engaged on Mr. Boyle’s case at all levels, and we will continue to support him and his family now that they have returned,” it said, asking that the family’s privacy be respected.
The family was freed by Pakistani forces acting on information received from the US intelligence services
