DUBAI: The Taliban released on Friday a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, an official said, part of a wider effort to get their government recognized internationally years after taking power. The case of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, aged 80 and 75, underlined the concerns of the West over the actions of the Taliban since they overthrew the country’s US-backed government in a 2021 lightning offensive.

Barbie and Peter Reynolds, aged 80 and 76, spent eight months in prison with deteriorating health.

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, had been imprisoned since February

Barbie, 76, and Peter Reynolds, 80, have been released from detention in Afghanistan

British couple held by the Taliban in Afghanistan are FREED after seven-month hell