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RSS FeedsIn first sit-down interview, Caitlan Coleman tells of forced abortion, disputes official account of her rescue in Pakistan
(The Star Environment)

 
 

24 october 2017 04:19:46

 
In first sit-down interview, Caitlan Coleman tells of forced abortion, disputes official account of her rescue in Pakistan
(The Star Environment)
 


OTTAWA—Caitlan Coleman, the 31-year-old American woman who gave birth to her three children while held hostage by the Haqqani network, says she is breaking her silence to dispute statements made about her family’s captivity and the day they were rescued.“Right now everybody’s shunting blame and making claims. Pakistan says, no they were never in Pakistan, until the end. The U.S. says, no they were always in Pakistan; it was Pakistan’s responsibility. But neither of those are true,” she told the Star.During her first interview Monday since being rescued 12 days ago, Coleman added crucial details about the kidnapping case that has captured international attention and led to widespread speculation.While she said she is not ready to speak publicly about all aspects of her captivity, she is certain they were held in both Afghanistan and Pakistan and claims made by Islamabad and Washington, that they were rescued Oct. 11 after crossing the border are false. “We were not crossing into Pakistan that day. We had been in Pakistan for more than a year at that point.”Read more: After a lifetime in captivity, the children of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman begin to heal‘We’re looking forward to a new lease on life,’ Joshua Boyle tells the Star after five-year kidnapping nightmareWhat we know about the rescue of Canadian Joshua Boyle, his wife and their three children in PakistanColeman was kidnapped with her husband, Joshua Boyle, a Canadian, in October 2012 in Afghanistan. They were held for five years by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network before their dramatic rescue by Pakistani forces. She was pregnant when she was taken captive. Until reaching out to the Star, Coleman has shunned publicity, with the exception of Saturday night emails to her hometown paper about her memories of growing up in Pennsylvania. “Good friends and great times are not forgotten, even now,” she wrote to the York Daily R ...


 
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