AFP, KABUL:  An American-Canadian couple held hostage by the Taliban have appeared in a video for the first time with their two children born in captivity, pleading with President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump to secure their release.Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American wife Caitlan Coleman had two sons after being kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012 during a backpacking trip.
In the four-minute video shared by the SITE Intelligence group, the couple were shown with their two young sons sitting on their laps.
“We have waited since 2012 for somebody to understand our problems,” Coleman was shown saying in the video as she appealed to both Obama and Trump to rescue her family.
It was not clear if Coleman, who indicated the video was recorded on December 3, was reading from a script.