A British couple was released from the Taliban detention, and they did not reunite them with the National Family

A British couple who preserve them Taliban On an unknown charge for eight months, British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer was released Confirm in a statement Friday.

“This long -awaited news will be a great relief for them and their families,” he said.

Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife, Barbie Reynolds, 76, lived in Afghanistan For 18 years, she managed an educational and training organization in the country’s central Bamian Province. They chose to stay in the country after the Taliban seized power in 2021.

She was Taken from their home On February 1, 2025.

Qatari officials negotiated the release of the couple before returning to the United Kingdom.

“God is good, as they say in Afghanistan,” said Barbie Reynolds upon arrival at Kabul International Airport to leave the country.

The port also wrote that Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al -Khoula, the Minister of State in Qatar for Foreign Affairs, thanked the United Kingdom and the Taliban government in Afghanistan “for fruitful cooperation” in the liberation of Reynolds.

For several months, family members were calling for the release of the spouses, and expressed their concerns about their health amid reports of abusive treatment.

While the Taliban rejected the allegations of abuse, they never explained what led to the couple’s detention.

A spokeswoman in Doha before her parents arrived, the daughter of the couple, Sarah Intelette, said that the family was grateful and welcomed their loved ones after their “incomprehensible detention by the Taliban.”

Entwistle also thanked the Qatari and British governments for securing the release of her parents.

“This experience reminded us of the strength of diplomacy, sympathy and international cooperation,” she told reporters.

The Associated Press reported that Abdel -Qazar Belkkhi, a Taliban spokesperson, thanked Qatar for his “sincere and mediation efforts” regarding Reynolds, who was handed over to Richard Lindsay, the UK’s special envoy to Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press.

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The law that was claimed was not determined that the spouses had broken.

In July, the United Nations experts who were granted to reach Reynolds during their detention decided that the couple Physical and mental health She quickly deteriorated and demanded that she be transferred to a hospital for treatment.

According to the group of experts, the couple was held in the utmost security prison in underground cells without access to sunlight until they were transferred to a mass over the ground.

Before that, they were detained and detained separately.

While he was in prison, Peter suffered a two -eye infection and was suffering from tremors in his head and under his left arm.

In addition to these “grave concerns” about Peter’s welfare, his children said he is vulnerable to skin cancer on his face, which requires immediate medical attention.

Barbie, who suffers from anemia, was suffering from numbness and malnutrition.

Jonathan Reynolds, son of the couple, BBC said In July, the life of his parents was in great danger.

He said: “My father was bound by chains with killers and criminals.”

– With files from the Associated Press

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