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Canadian hostage, children seen in just-released Taliban video
A Canadian held hostage in Afghanistan since 2012 and his family are living a “Kafkaesque nightmare,” according to a video released today by the Haqqani network, a Taliban-linked group.
The two sons born in captivity to hostages Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman were shown for the first time in a video posted Monday as the couple pleaded for their family’s release, asking U.S. President Barack Obama to think about…