Transcript for American hostage mom speaks out about years in Taliban captivity

ABC news exclusive the American mother and her children held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for years. Our chief investment correspondent Brian Ross who their first television and if you win right well good morning George this is the story of an incredible strength and bravery by an American mom and her husband. Raising and protecting their three children for five horrible years now coming forward this morning so the world to know just what happened. They are free now. Learning the joys of a playground. And pizza night. No armed guards watching their every move. Until just a few weeks ago. These children were America's littlest hostages born in captivity. Held rode their parents by a brutal group of ten among terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We can only ask and praying that somebody. We recognize the atrocities these men carry out. Against us now in their first television interview the American mother Caitlin Boyle still wearing a his job and Canadian father a Joshua. Describe how they kept their Finley together. Kidnapped five years ago as they traveled in this dangerous area and held in dungeon like conditions on dirt floors rarely allowed outside. We just teach them to use things like bottle caps or bits of cardboard. Garbage essentially but what we could find. To play west you know and tell them like these are toys this is we can make a game like this. Fearful they might be be headed the parents even made up a game about that pretending to be British kings to prepare the children for the possibility. Made it a game said he wasn't. Afraid because Steris you know there's nothing we could do with it came to that except try to make him less afraid. They also described the beatings and tortures they and their eldest son four year old magician he saw. Some of the guards actually actively hated. Children. And would someone target manager she tried to come up with reasons to hate him either with a stick or otherwise. Claiming that he was making problems he was being too loud could you do and who could get between the guard junior son. Sometimes that's how I would get beaten or hit to try to protect your trying to protect them. The Taliban made sure her injuries could not be seen on the hostage tape answers she had broken cheekbone Jeff she broke her own hand punching one of them broker fingers she was very proud of that injury. She fought back. Oh yeah. But Kate -- and paid dearly for her defiance she believes the guards put simply in her food to force a miscarriage of an unborn daughter. What she and her husband called he forced abortion. I hear hostage taking is to not. And she revealed of this hostage tape what happened next when she wouldn't keep quiet about my children have seen my father I don't. One day they. They came in to the sound. And they and it took my husband out forcefully dragging him out. And that's when the assault happened. It was it was with two men and then there was a third. At the door. And afterwards they. To animals wouldn't even give me back my they wouldn't even give back clothes. All in front of her little boy whose family is carrying some very deep scuff. Joshua Boyle told me he refused telling those offers to join up within and speak out against the US. And now he's making it his mission to bring them to an international court for committing war crime. Returns are just mind boggling stories right there in the idea that they heading to be a game. Has just on a management environment is because they have any regrets. We're going in the first place I asked Dutch football you took your wife there she was 56 months pregnant what you do that he wouldn't he wouldn't answer. And all them. How how about the children currently testing well they are adjusting the little boy during captivity got used to taking into hiding them and they told us watch out he might megaphone in fact he too had to take two of our phone to try to hide them. They taught who about the stars and planets but he never actually saw star until after he was free and could look up at the night sky. So many first that they are experiencing. This time from thank you.

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