The Taliban released the British couple Peter and Berby Reynolds after his detention in Afghanistan

The Taliban launched a British couple on Friday, they were detained Afghanistan Officials said more than seven months on unannounced charge. It seems part of the efforts made by the Taliban to recognize internationally as the legitimate government of Afghanistan after more than four years of restoring power over the country with the withdrawal of the US military.

The 80 -year -old Peter and Paribi Reynolds case confirmed the Western concerns about the Taliban’s actions since they toppled the US government supported by the United States in the 2021 Sand attack. Reynolds has lived in Afghanistan for 18 years and two educational and training organization in the country’s central Bamian province, and chose to stay in the country after the Taliban seized power.

An official informed KBS News on Friday that they released them after Qatar’s mediation, a country rich in the Arabian Peninsula that mediated in the talks between the United States and Taliban before the American withdrawal.

The official said that their freedom was secured several months after the negotiations by Qatari officials with the Taliban, as it worked in close coordination with the British government and the family of the couple.

in statement “He was relieved to hear that Peter and Barry Reynolds are no longer being held in Afghanistan, and their ordeal has ended. I look forward to looking forward to their family soon,” said Hamish Falonir, issued by the UK government, the Middle East Minister, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He said that the British government “has worked extensively since its detention and supported the family all the time”, and thanked Qatar for “its primary role in this case.”

Reynolds was largely detained separately during their detention, but the Qatari embassy in Kabul “provided them with cash support, including access to their doctor, delivery of medicines, and regular communication with their families”, told the official official in the case CBS News, adding that the couple was on their way home on Friday.

The Reynolds family in the UK has repeatedly called for the release of the couple, saying that they were subjected to ill -treatment and their contract on unannounced charge. While the Taliban rejected the allegations of abuse, they never explained what caused their detention.

There was no immediate comment from the Taliban government or the UK Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the couple’s issuance.

In July, united human rights experts warned that the spouses’s physical and mental health was deteriorating quickly and that they were at risk of unorganized or even death.

Earlier this month, the Taliban said they had reached an agreement with American envoys in the exchange of prisoners as part of an attempt to normalize relationships. The meeting came after the Taliban launched in March to the American citizen George GalzmannWho were kidnapped while traveling across Afghanistan as a tourist.

In April, American Reynolds Children He appealed to President Trump In a video clip, he asked for his help in securing their release.

Reynolds were arrested in February alongside their American friend Fi Hall and their Afghan translator while traveling to the home of the British couple in Bamian Province, the family said CBS News.

Hall, an American citizen, was Spring In the seizure of Qatari officials, who helped mediate its release and return to the United States, where the Reynolds family was eight weeks of detention of their parents.

Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban ambassador to Qatar, told CBS News at a time when Hall was issued as a “good -intention gesture” and that the administration “wants to have positive relations with (the United States and other countries.”

Afghanistan is still the focus of President Trump. On Thursday, during the UK’s visit, Mr. Trump said The United States was working to regain control of the Bagram air base in the country.

“We are trying to restore it. Because they need things from us,” said Mr. Trump during his visit to Britain. “We want this rule to return.”

The president said that one of the reasons why the United States wants to control the base is its location, describing it as “an hour away from the place where China is making its nuclear weapons,” referring to the time it takes to fly to the unlimited location from the airport.

Zakir Gall, a Taliban Foreign Ministry official, rejected the idea of ​​restoring the United States from controlling military confirmation.