Afghanistan, Feb. 14 -- A British couple held in Bamyan, Afghanistan, for seven-and-a-half months returned home, describing severe detention conditions and experiencing a profound cultural shock.
Peter, 80, and his wife Barbie Reynolds, 76, ran a charitable program in Afghanistan for nearly two decades. They were arrested on February 1, 2025, along with a friend and their translator, after arriving in Bamiyan province on a chartered flight from Kabul.
The couple was detained in ten different prisons and were told only that they had violated Afghan laws. The Taliban never disclosed the exact reasons for their arrest.
BBC reported on Saturday, Febraury 14, that the couple described the experience as traumatic. Barbie said she was housed in...