Colin Rutherford
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Colin Mackenzie Rutherford is a Canadians|Canadian]] who was held captive by the Taliban]].[2] In October 2010 Rutherford traveled to Afghanistan to pursue an interest in the country's ancient civilizations. Police informed his family he had been captured on November 4, 2010. The Taliban made a video of Rutherford public in May 2011. ReleaseRutherford was freed on January 11, 2016—the fourteenth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in Cuba.[3] Neither Stephane Dion]], Canada's new Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Foreign Affair]], or Rutherford's mother, Wendy, agreed to an interview on the day of Rutherford's release. But his brother Brian shared his happiness, via email. Dion's press release thanked the government of Qatar]] for their help. In June 2015, retired Green Berets|Green Beret]] Lieutenant Colonel]] Jason Amerine]] testified before the United States Senate]] United States Senate Armed Forces Committee|Armed Forces Committee]] about the American military's failure to free hostages in Afghanistan.[4] Amerine told Congress he had prepared a rescue plan for Rutherford, and American Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman|Caitlin Coleman]] and her Canadian husband Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman|Joshua Boyle]]. The National Post]] reported that Amerine said his rescue plan was "scuttled by U.S. government infighting". AftermathThree days after his release Canadian Prime Minister]] Justin Trudeau]] confirmed that Rutherford hadn't yet returned to Canada.[5] During his captivity experienced commentators had asserted that the Taliban had probably moved him to Pakistan's Tribal Areas]], but the Taliban released in Ghazni]] province, and said that this is where he had been held. Trudeau, like Dion, thanked Qatar for their assistance.[5] Taliban spokesmen confirmed that Qatar had played a role. The Taliban spokesmen said they had released Rutherford "on grounds of humanitarian sympathy and sublime Islamic ethics."[5] Yahoo News]] quoted comments from Christian Leuprecht]], of Canada's Royal Military College of Canada|Royal Military College]] and Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]].[6] He suggested the Taliban had released Rutherford as a sign of good faith, in order to win a place at the peace talk table. He pointed out the brutal way Daesh]] executes prisoners, and asserted the Taliban wanted to remind those negotiating peace that they weren't brutal in the same way Daesh were.
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