The couple were arrested by the Taliban alongside an American friend, Faye Hall, who had rented a plane to travel with them, and a translator from the couple’s Rebuild training business.
Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province on February 1, an employee of the couple’s training business confirmed to the PA news agency.
In a statement reported by the BBC on Monday, Taliban official Abdul Mateen Qani said: “A series of considerations is being taken into account, and after evaluation, we will endeavour to release them as soon as possible.”.
The Taliban will “endeavour” to release a British couple detained in Afghanistan “as soon as possible”, the BBC has reported.
“It seems that if Peter and Barbie are not released soon, Peter may lose his life because he needs medication, and the Taliban are not allowing him it.”.
