Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were freed by the Taliban on Friday after being held for nearly eight months following their arrest as they travelled to their home in central Afghanistan.
Peter and Barbie Reynolds on their way back to the UK, alongside Britain’s envoy to Afghanistan Richard Lindsay and a Qatari official. (Picture: Handout/Qatari government)
They were held without charge in a maximum security prison, including long periods of separation.
“We had begun to think that we would never be released, or that we were even being held until we were executed,” Mr Reynolds told the Sunday Times.
“We were told we were guests. But when I was taken to court, I had my ankles and hands cuffed together with murderers and rapists.”
“We asked again and again to sit with the Taliban authorities responsible but never were given that opportunity,” Mr Reynolds said.
In a statement on Friday, the family said: “We are overwhelmed with gratitude and relief to share that our parents, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, have been released after seven months and 21 days in detention by the Taliban.
The Sunday Times reported that for first three and a half months they were held with hundreds of prisoners, and later Mrs Reynolds began teaching fellow female prisoners.
Now back on UK soil, Mrs Reynolds said that for time being they would not return to Afghanistan.
The Taliban have never explained what prompted the couple’s detention.
With PA
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