Retired Canadian soldier David Lavery, who made it his life’s work to help allies in Afghanistan escape Taliban rule only to be detained by that country’s government, has been released and is recuperating in Qatar.

David Lavery, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, is safe in Qatar after being detained for over two months in Afghanistan. David Lavery, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canadian Armed Forces veteran David Lavery is 'safe' in Qatar — months after a network that supports vets expressed concern that Lavery went missing in Afghanistan and was possibly detained by the Taliban government.

Canadian veteran David Lavery has been freed following his arrest in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Nov. 11 after mediation by Qatar, an official with knowledge of the release said on Sunday.

Canadian veteran David Lavery has been released from detention in Kabul, Afghanistan, after Qatar's intervention. Detained under unclear circumstances, Lavery had been involved in humanitarian work. His release was facilitated by a Canadian request to Qatar,

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism

A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the Taliban government in Afghanistan was freed on Sunday after over two months of imprisonment in a deal brokered by Qatar, a source with knowledge of the release told AFP.

It thanked Qatar for its role in the exchange. A spokesman for the ministry, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, confirmed Mohammad had landed in Kabul and rejoined his family. WHO WERE THE MEN RELEASED? According to the DOJ website, Mohammad was a member of the Afghan ...

A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan's Taliban freed two Americans – including a man from Western New York – in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California on drug trafficking and terrorism charges,

Qatar might be a small country in the gulf region but they have played a critical role in negotiating on high stakes issues the last few years. […]

The two were exchanged for a man arrested in eastern Afghanistan two decades ago who has been serving a life sentence in a California prison.

In 2016, moments after speaking on a TV interview about the dangers of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Zia Danesh's car was bombed on his way home. The explosion, a targeted suicide attack, killed his driver.