Haqqani network raped wife, killed child, reveals kidnapped Canadian

Toronto, October 14 : Former hostage Joshua Boyle said upon arriving back in Canada that the Haqqani network in Afghanistan had killed his infant daughter and raped his wife during the years they were held in captivity.Boyle gave the statement shortly after landing in Canada late on Friday with his American wife, Caitlan Coleman, and three young children. The couple was rescued on Wednesday, five years after they had been abducted by the Taliban-linked extremist network while in Afghanistan as part of a backpacking trip. Coleman was pregnant at the time and had four children in captivity. The birth of the fourth child had not been publicly known before Boyle appeared before journalists at the Toronto airport.“The stupidity and evil of the Haqqani network’s kidnapping of a pilgrim and his heavily pregnant wife engaged in helping ordinary villagers in Taliban-controlled regions of Afghanistan was eclipsed only by the stupidity and evil of authorising the murder of my infant daughter,” he said.Boyle said his wife was raped by a guard who was assisted by his superiors. He asked for the Afghan government to bring them to justice.