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.

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.

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. The circumstances surrounding Lavery's arrest remain unclear.

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

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,

Afghanistan and Qatar have held discussions on issues including developments in the labour sector, Gulf Times reported. To

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.

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

The United States has freed an Afghan convicted by an American court on charges of drug smuggling and terrorism in exchange for two U.S. citizens held in Afghanistan, authorities in Kabul said on Tuesday.

An Afghan prisoner in American custody was freed in exchange for US citizens, Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said

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,

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.