The Latest Breaking News from Peter Reynolds

Daughter of Taliban-imprisoned British couple fears for health amid court delay

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province last month.

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025

Fears for health of British couple held by Taliban as ‘trial delayed’

Afghanistan prison conditions were described as ‘brutal’ and likened to ‘what I imagine hell is like’

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2025

British couple held by Taliban due in Afghan court, family say

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have run school training programmes in Afghanistan for 18 years.

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025

British pensioners arrested by Taliban kept in separate jails as daughter fears for father’s life

In a ‘shocking escalation’, the ill 79-year-old has been moved to an undisclosed location

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2025

UK couple being held in separate prisons by Taliban says daughter

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province on February 1.

Evening Standard · Mar 16, 2025

British couple detained in Afghanistan to be released ‘soon’ says Taliban

Peter and Barbie Reynolds have lived in country for 18 years running training programmes

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

Taliban ‘will try to release arrested British couple as soon as possible’

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, have run school training programmes in Afghanistan for 18 years.

Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025

British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained in Bamiyan provice for ‘teaching mothers parenting with children’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2025

Cursed cooking pot containing 'dwarf ashes' blamed for three mysterious deaths

The cooking pot has been sealed in a 'specially-made steel cage' for almost 50 years as to not cause another person's violent death - an exorcism ceremony has already been carried out on it

Daily Mirror · Oct 30, 2022

Talking Point: Should cannabis be made a Class A drug?

A group of Conservative police commissioners would like to see cannabis become a Class A drug, joining the ranks of heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and LSD

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022