(Corrects name of detainee to Coyle in headline and first paragraph)
KABUL, March 24 (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday it has decided to release U.S. detainee Dennis Coyle in response to a request from his mother.
“The foreign minister said that after a letter from the detainee’s family … the Supreme Court … deemed the period of his detention sufficient and decided to release him,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
(Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar, writing by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by YP Rajesh)
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