An elderly British couple who were held by the Taliban for seven months without charge have spoken at length about their detention for the first time, describing a bewildering period in which they were never told what they’d done wrong – and feared being executed.
Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76, were pictured smiling and waving as they disembarked a plane in Doha on Friday, and have thanked the British and Qatari governments for their work to secure their release.