Speaking to Times Radio on Monday, their daughter, Sarah Entwistle, said the family had initially chosen not to involve the UK authorities “hoping to hear directly from the Taliban about why they’d arrested our parents”.
The BBC cited a Taliban official as saying that two British nationals believed to be working for a non-governmental organisation in Bamiyan had been arrested about 20 days ago after using a plane without informing local authorities.
Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, who run education and training programmes in Afghanistan, were detained by the Taliban on 1 February while returning to their home in the central province of Bamiyan.
The family of a British couple arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan have called on the government to do “everything in their power” to secure their release.
According to Rebuild’s website, the organisation lost almost its entire staff when the Taliban took control of the country in 2021, triggering an exodus of Afghans and internationals, but the Reynolds decided to stay.
