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Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle were kidnapped by the Taliban in 2012

They had been traveling as tourists and had two children while in custody

CNN  — 

An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children have been freed, nearly five years after being taken hostage by the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani Network in Afghanistan.