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| Caitlan Coleman ‘has been through hell’, says her husband Joshua Boyle, without explaining why she needs treatment | |
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| An American woman who was rescued with her family last week by Pakistani troops has been rushed to hospital, her husband said. | An American woman who was rescued with her family last week by Pakistani troops has been rushed to hospital, her husband said. |
| Joshua Boyle told the Associated Press in an email that his wife, Caitlan Coleman, was admitted on Monday. His email did not specify why she was taken to the hospital. | Joshua Boyle told the Associated Press in an email that his wife, Caitlan Coleman, was admitted on Monday. His email did not specify why she was taken to the hospital. |
| “My wife has been through hell and she has to be my first priority right now,” Boyle wrote. | “My wife has been through hell and she has to be my first priority right now,” Boyle wrote. |
| Boyle, Coleman and their three children were rescued on Wednesday, five years after the couple was abducted in Afghanistan on a backpacking trip. The children were born in captivity. | Boyle, Coleman and their three children were rescued on Wednesday, five years after the couple was abducted in Afghanistan on a backpacking trip. The children were born in captivity. |
| Boyle said after landing at Toronto’s airport on Friday that the Taliban-linked Haqqani network had killed an infant daughter and raped his wife during the years they were held. | Boyle said after landing at Toronto’s airport on Friday that the Taliban-linked Haqqani network had killed an infant daughter and raped his wife during the years they were held. |
| In a prior email exchange with AP, Boyle did not respond to a question about the fourth child but later told Canadian broadcaster CBC that it was a forced abortion. The Taliban said in a statement it was a miscarriage. | In a prior email exchange with AP, Boyle did not respond to a question about the fourth child but later told Canadian broadcaster CBC that it was a forced abortion. The Taliban said in a statement it was a miscarriage. |
| On Monday, Boyle told AP that he and his wife had decided to have children even while held captive because they always planned to have a big family and decided: “Hey, let’s make the best of this and at least go home with a larger start on our dream family.” | On Monday, Boyle told AP that he and his wife had decided to have children even while held captive because they always planned to have a big family and decided: “Hey, let’s make the best of this and at least go home with a larger start on our dream family.” |
| Boyle told AP: “We’re sitting as hostages with a lot of time on our hands. We always wanted as many as possible, and we didn’t want to waste time. Cait’s in her 30s, the clock is ticking.” | Boyle told AP: “We’re sitting as hostages with a lot of time on our hands. We always wanted as many as possible, and we didn’t want to waste time. Cait’s in her 30s, the clock is ticking.” |
| Boyle said their three children are now four, two and “somewhere around six months”. | Boyle said their three children are now four, two and “somewhere around six months”. |
| The parents of Coleman have said they are elated she is free, but also angry at their son-in law for taking their daughter to Afghanistan. | The parents of Coleman have said they are elated she is free, but also angry at their son-in law for taking their daughter to Afghanistan. |
| “Taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place, to me and the kind of person I am, is unconscionable,” her father, Jim Coleman said, told ABC News. | “Taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place, to me and the kind of person I am, is unconscionable,” her father, Jim Coleman said, told ABC News. |
| Associated Press contributed to this report. | Associated Press contributed to this report. |
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