Dennis Coyle is a 64-year-old academic who has been detained in Afghanistan since January 27, 2025
FAST FACTS:
Name: Dennis Coyle Age: 64
Hometown: Pueblo, Colorado
Detained: January 27, 2025. Location: Kabul, Afghanistan
Status: Designated Wrongfully Detained (Levinson Act) – June 2, 2025
Contact Us: help@freedenniscoyle.com
About Dennis
Dennis Coyle is a U.S. citizen from Colorado who has dedicated nearly two decades of his life to serving the people of Afghanistan. He first arrived in the early 2000s with a clear purpose: to survey Afghanistan’s rich linguistic diversity and help Afghan communities develop resources in their own languages.
Throughout his years of service, Dennis maintained a home in Kabul and built deep, meaningful relationships with the Afghan people. Those who know him speak with profound appreciation for both the man and his work. Dennis has always embraced Afghan culture with genuine warmth—sharing cups of traditional green tea, enjoying dried fruit snacks, and engaging in the kind of heartfelt conversations that bridge cultures. His love for the Afghan people isn’t just professional; it’s personal and deeply felt.
For nearly twenty years, Dennis worked legally in Afghanistan, maintaining positive relationships with government ministries that provided his visas and work permits for conducting language surveys.
The family’s primary concern is for Dennis’s well-being. The family is distressed by the severe limits on communication and his near-solitary isolation conditions.