He has been ordered back to his native France within 15 days
freed
Their ordeal was uncovered when three of the hostages managed to escape & alert the police
Boyle & his wife with their three children were rescued last year in Pakistan, after the couple was abducted by a Taliban group while...backpacking in Afghanistan
Many of the others have since been released, with reports that many have paid for their freedom
Simpson has spent the last nine years as an inmate at Lovelock
Previous detainees have been released after visits from high-profile Americans