British couple held by Taliban for months feared they would be executed

A British couple published by the Taliban in Afghanistan last week, he said they were detained in 10 different prisons and thought they would be executed at some point.

80 -year -old Peter and his 76 -year -old wife Barbie Reynolds, said why they were released or why they were released.

The couple, who organized a charitable program in Afghanistan for almost twenty years, returned to England on Saturday after being detained for seven and a half months.

“Good, old -fashioned diplomacy” ended the ordeal, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer told the BBC and again thanked the Qatar Government to help them to be released.

Both had health problems, including serious anemia, while both of them were in prison. The Taliban officials claimed that they had sufficient medical care during detention and that human rights were respected.

After making a flight rented from Kabul to Bamiyan province, they were arrested on 1 February this year. With Friend Faye Hall and later released translators.

Taliban Foreign Ministry spokesman said that after being released, they “served their time” but did not explain the reasons for being detained.

Peter Reynold, “We have a lot to process.” He said. “We leave behind quality people, our house and all our belongings.”

The couple has a deep love for Afghanistan and married in 1970.

Since 2009, he has been conducting training projects in Çift Kabul and Bamiyan.

One of the training projects involved in educating women and children, and was approved by local authorities despite the ban on women working for girls older than 12 years of age and the Taliban ban for education.

One of the prisons where Peter and Barbie were held were Pul-E-Marhi, a poor maximum security prison, except Kabul, Hosting some of the most dangerous criminals.

At one point they were held in Bodrum cells without windows for two months. They moved to the ground for the last weeks of his detention, where they had reached better food and they were treated with kindness.

Peter and Barbie were brought to court four times every time they were charged.

“When I was taken to court, I handcuffed my ankles and hands with murderers and rapists,” said Peter.

In addition, they say that they are “mysterious”, with their detainees, Mr. Reynolds adds that both are mostly respectful, but feel “great weakness”.

“We were told to be a guest. However, when I was taken to court, I clarified my ankles and my hands with killers and rapists.”

The most difficult time of captivity for his wife Barbara was to see that my 80 -year -old husband was fighting to enter the back of a police truck with his hands and ankles. “

“The worst moment was to leave my best friend as a couple after 55 years of marriage.”

In the UK, after about eight -month -old “oily and salty” prison meals, Barbie said that Sunday Times wanted to make some salads and marmit, and that Peter wanted to longing for dry beans.

Peter and Barbie said they wouldn’t return to Afghanistan for now.

They said, “We are sure to bring a positive future without us for their countries.”

Britain no longer has an embassy in Afghanistan and warns the country against all travels, saying it is “extremely dangerous”.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “There is a risk of detention of British citizens in Afghanistan. If you are a British citizen and detained in Afghanistan, you can sentence for months or years to prison.”