The Guardian has a more robust account of this bizarre saga.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/14/canadian-held-in-afghanistan-says-child-was-killed-and-wife-raped-in-captivity


"Of the kidnappers, he(Boyle) said: “There are good Muslims and there are bad Muslims and there are those who are not Muslim … they are pagan. The criminals who held us, they were not good Muslims. They were not even bad Muslims. They were pagan.”"

and further:

"“I have discovered there is little that cannot be overcome by enough Sufi patience, Irish irreverence and Canadian sanctimony.”"