A British couple who had been held in detention by the Taliban in Afghanistan have been released and have flown out of the country, the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement.
Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, who is in her mid-70s, were arrested by the Taliban from their home in Afghanistan’s Bamyan Province in February.
UN experts warned in July that they were “at risk of irreparable harm or even death” as their health had been “deteriorating rapidly.”
The pair have now been released in a Qatari mediated agreement after months of negotiations, an official with knowledge of the matter told CNN on Friday. It’s unclear why the couple were arrested.
They will receive medical checkups in Qatar’s capital, Doha, before traveling on to the United Kingdom.
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