AN ELDERLY Brit couple wrongfully jailed by the Taliban for eight months have finally been freed.
Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, were snatched by Taliban thugs and tossed into Afghanistan’s most notorious prison.
After months of negotiation and pleas their family, the couple have been safely released from detention following mediation led by Qatar.
The parents-of-four had lived in Afghanistan for 18 years managing training projects – but were kidnapped on February 1 with no explanation.
They were locked up separately at the maximum security Pul-e-Charkhi in Kabul, and later moved to an underground cell beneath the Taliban‘s intelligence HQ.
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