Canadian Dave Lavery recounts his 77 days as a prisoner of Taliban – National

The Veteran Veteran Veteran Airborne Relement and Security Counselor in the United Nations, Dave Lavery has been traveling and out of Bul for 20 years.

Since Italiban returns to power in 2021, he has also helped hundreds of the Afghan at risk of revenge for their Canadian military work.

But when Taliban did not touch him in the past, when he arrived at the Hamid Karzai airport on November 11, 2024, they seemed to wait for him.

They mocked him in custody to hold 77 days to the end until they allowed him to leave Jan 26.

In one discussion on Sunday after the release, Taliban arose and repeatedly asked him the spy. His captors also suspect because he was in charge of 18 visas and plane tickets in two Afghanies families.

Beret and jacket fighting in his bag alike, said, even though they were dressed when setting a date reminding the day of the Canadian soldier.

“I spy, that kind of things,” said the allegations that the Taliban General Directorate of intelligence included him during questions.

He said we were still aware, if any, the feasts made by the Canadian government or the Qatari representatives of his release. “A question of a million dollars,” he said.

The Ministry of Foreign Minister The Minister Mélanie John has announced that he was released last week, and he thanked the Premier of Qatar Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.

Since then, killing people had refused to make any public statements, but after Freedom Sunday, he spoke to worldwide news at his home in Dubai, joined his wife, his wife.

He also shared the journal that he kept there. First of his name, birthday, wrote to his family and for the oath to say “never give up,” and end in, “to go home.”

Lavery has a long record of international activities. After twenty years in the Canadian battle, he went to work together as a security counselor in 2000.

CANADIAN DAVE, as known, responded to organizations around the world, Sudan and Somalia in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, working with UN agencies with UN agencies.

He first visited Afghanistan in 2005, where the plane fell in the mountains outside Kabul, the experiences that led him to the city in 2010 as a private contractor.

By his Raven Rae resources, he continued with the niche who had been in UN – until the US troops began their risky 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

As Muslims progress in Kabul, Afghans exploited Canadian soldiers and the Canadian government longed to escape, fearing for revenge for Taliban.

Working with Veterans Transition Network, BC-based BC-Based Charity, which took them to safe houses and remained as Afghans.

He helped hundreds before settlers himself, and his new foundation in Dubai, continued to help Afghan run, using Confoovs on the car to flee in Pakistan and their families in Pakistan.

At that time, the Russian attack in Ukraine in the Ukraine in 2022, began working in Poland out of the Kiridids work with Canadian armies.

“Dave Liavery is a hero of a Canadian hero,” Gavin Dew, who is VTN chairs, is established in VTN, is established in 2012 to provide counseling and difficulties in Veterans and Tuman Programs on Veterans.

On the day before he left Kabul, the filling caused by the image at the Dubai, holding a copy of the book he read: Fleeing Kabul.

The next morning, dressed in a naveacrack in the Lapel Poppy, he took a selffe bus at Dubai airport and sent it to his colleagues.

He was the first of the plane in Kabul. He took away the cultures and received his suitcase from the carousel of the goods, but he was soon blamed he was followed.

He said he had left the terminal and took a parking lot to meet Jungping, who was already in Kabul, where security officials held.

They brought him back to the airport passing through his bags, found visa tickets from Canada government.

Taliban also took a healthy interest in Beret with a fight jacket that he was wearing to honor Canada’s day.

BlindVold also with a scan binds his hands, and he was taken to the back of the motor vehicle, and began to call him “his illegal arrest.”

When the flooding could come from the City of Kabul, see waited and tried to call, but his phone was extinguished. He didn’t answer Whatsapp messages.

He showed his picture around and drove Lavyery son, but it appeared as soon as possible, Italiban had taken a prisoner.

Remembering military training, fill, and tried to stay calm and understand the surrounding you.

His investigator explained that if he was to cooperate, the investigation would first, but if he did not return, they would return and try again.

This can continue for years, the Taliban intelligence officer said, and the fullness had spent enough time in Afghanistan to know that was true.

Her cell was about six feet[6 m]with a small Rebar tiny window. Matriculas was placed on a bad red carpet and there was a plastic cup of chai.

Lavery said he tells them that this might be his home for a long time, and whatever is less than that can be a bonus. Entered the pedestrian camp around his cell.

I hope to get to the hospital, where he can represent her in her family, started playing the role of the old man, walking with the kidneys and troubles and kidney changes and kidney changes and hip replacement and hip.

Taliban replied. They had seen his online profile, which described the Canadian. The Canadian Dave did not need a doctor, saying, “Dave Dave was strong.

“What’s wrong, Canadian Dave?”

After food containing a fish head, he started cleaning and asked to be taken to hospital for examination, which he did.

At that time, it was rebellious and taken to the “Guest House” section when four Americans were held (two were soon released by an affidavit).

It was a step from his cell, and there was a television where he could watch CNN.

He interrogated, he said he became clear. Taliban accused her of espionage and spy up his body with a GPS tracker.

He was asked about Canadian’s security electronic security, and Israel, and what he was doing in Ukraine. He replied that he was not spy. But, he said, He was not beaten or tortured.

By the end of December, Taliban moved him again, this time in Villa worked as a lavery baseline in Kabul. He was bound in the house but had a luxury at home.

He was allowed to call his family for the first time on December 30. But later he found the Nokia Phila for his captors missed.

He once put his hands on a string, and he was able to charge and drive his son to Brant, a shock when he heard his father’s voice.

Brants said in a discussion, confirming his father that the Qatar government was observing, and he was working to remove him.

The Canadian authorities also contacted Qataris and believed that his deliverance was near.

“And I was able to feed my fathers, some of that kind of knowledge,” said Brant in the conversation. “I think it strengthened its behavior.”

The family had more encouragement to see lavery released as soon as possible. Bront and his wife wait for their first child in the spring, and they want him there.

“Hope, I pressed Worldwide Canades and everyone I could. I was calling, and I had telephones about the Minister JOY,” Brant said.

“It is something that we really want. We had pushed that.

By Jan. 25, Lavery worked on a villa roof, ate a pizza meal and wrote a book about his journal so that guardians came to his room.

“The good news David,” according to his journal. “Dadwest – 100% Tomorrow will go.”

Taliban told the Courts of the country to decide if he had cooperated and had served enough time, even though we had never explained.

“Good night to see you tomorrow,” One of her lasting diary is read. “Oh I go home on the day 77. I was very lucky.”

When his plane arrived in Doha, he went down the air stations and saw the line of princess in Tarmac. He thought the VIP must be on the plane.

But they were buried there. He asked photos with Qataris and was reunited with Jungping with his son before returning to Dubai.

Lavy said “very happy” with Global Affain Canada, said that Joly said Joly “and gave his son straight to speak.

He has no plans for Bul’s return, he said.

Qatharis told the family that it was a quick offense that once treated it. Afghan families went to help and be replaced with safety in Pakistan on the road.

Brant said the family was so happy that the fullness would be when his grandson was born.

“We can celebrate something good in the whole family. And we know that the Father will be with us,” said Brant.

“Many things worked after the scenes, and Canada was a major part of it and qataris.”

“We need to thank many people.”

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