Dennis Coyle returned to the United States this morning, more than one year after he was arrested and held by the Taliban without charges, Special Envoy for Hostage. Coyle spent nearly two decades working in Afghanistan as an academic, and was taken from his home in Kabul in January 2025 by Taliban intelligence and held in near-solitary confinement. Post navigation He Had It Coming.. DHS officials testify on shutdown, sound alarm on security gaps