OTTAWA 鈥� Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met this week with the Canadian-American family that was held captive in Afghanistan.

A Twitter account named "The Boyle Family" posted photos Tuesday of Joshua Boyle, his wife, Caitlan Coleman and their three children inside what appears to be the prime minister鈥檚 Parliament Hill office in Centre Block.

The tweets say the family discussed the Haqqani network, the Taliban-linked group that kidnapped the couple and held them captive in Afghanistan for years. Their children were all born in captivity.

Joshua Boyle told 麻豆影视 that the meeting took place on Monday afternoon. 

"We took the children around the parliamentary tour immediately before the meeting," he said. 

It was the first time the children met the prime minister, though Boyle said he and his wife had met Trudeau previously. 

While it was the kids鈥� first time inside Parliament, Boyle said he and his wife "have been in Parliament many times... in various ways." 

Boyle said they were not asked to keep the meeting quiet. He would not say who requested the meeting, nor directly comment on why the family met with Trudeau.

The Prime Minister鈥檚 Office confirmed to 麻豆影视 that the meeting took place.

鈥淭he Prime Minister did meet with the Boyles earlier this week, and like all Canadians, we are relieved that their terrible ordeal is over and they are back home safely,鈥� the PMO said.

鈥淚t was a private meeting and we will not say more due to privacy considerations and out of respect for the family.鈥�

With files from Rachel Aiello and Mackenzie Grey