Taliban releases detained British couple after eight months

2025-09-22 09:58:13

(MENAFN) A British couple have got back to the UK after being held captive for around 8 months in Afghanistan by the Taliban.

On Saturday, the eighty years old, Peter Reynolds, as well as his seventy-six wife, Barbie, who was a resident in Afghanistan for around twenty years, arrived at Heathrow Airport from Qatar.

Their daughter welcomed them back in Doha the previous day. Jonathan Reynolds, their son, stated to a news agency that he was "ecstatic and massively grateful" to the people who helped with his parents release.

The couple have been arrested since the first of February by the Taliban, which they stated that the couple had violated Afghan laws and were released after legal proceedings. However, it was never revealed the reason for their arrest by the Islamist group.

The liberation of the couple came after months of public lobbying by the member of their family, who have portrayed the terrifying conditions of their arrest.

Jonathan emphasized before his dad’s heart issues and stated that he had endured sever convulsions in jail, while his mom had been "numb" from anaemia as well as hunger.

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