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Canadian Dave Lavery recounts his 77 days as a prisoner of the Taliban - National | Globalnews.ca

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Former U.N. security advisor Dave Lavery was held by the Taliban for 77 days .

Lavery says he was questioned repeatedly about whether he was a spy.

He says he still does not know what, if any, deals were made by the Canadian government or Qatari intermediaries who negotiated his release.

He has helped evacuate hundreds of Afghans vulnerable to reprisals because of their work for Canada 's military.

The Taliban accused him of espionage and checked his body for a GPS tracker.

The interrogations he went through were menacing, but he said he was not beaten or tortured.

Lavery said he told himself this could be his home for a long time, and anything less than that would be a bonus.

He was allowed to phone his family for the first time on Dec. 30 ; he later found a Nokia phone that his captors missed.

The Qataris told the family it was the fastest case they had ever handled.

The Afghan families Lavery went to help were also evacuated safely to Pakistan by road.

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