LONDON: A British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges arrived in the UK on Saturday after being released by the Taliban. Peter and Barbie Reynolds, aged 80 and 76, respectively, who were freed on Friday, were pictured smiling and looking to be in good health as they arrived at Heathrow Airport. The couple walked out of the arrivals area accompanied by their daughter and British special representative to Afghanistan Richard Lindsay.

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