Joshua Boyle, freed in 2017 nearly five years after being abducted in Afghanistan, was arrested in Ottawa, Canada, and faces several charges including assault and forcible confinement. (Reuters)OTTAWA — Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was freed after five years in Taliban captivity in October, has been arrested and charged with 15 criminal offenses, including sexual assault, uttering death threats and misleading police — all of which allegedly occurred after he returned to Canada with his family. It has always been unclear what Boyle and his wife were doing in Afghanistan. He spent 10 years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay before being returned to Canada in 2012. Read more:Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle are free.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2018 02:03 UTC