Overview

• Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained on February 1 by the Taliban interior ministry while traveling to their home in Bamyan province.
• The pair flew to Doha after negotiations led by Qatar in coordination with British officials, and they will receive medical checks there.
• A Taliban foreign ministry spokesman said the couple had violated Afghan law but provided no details on the alleged offense.
• They were held for months without charge, including periods separated in a maximum-security prison, before a late transfer to improved conditions during final talks.
• Relatives and UN human rights experts had warned of rapidly deteriorating health as the longtime Afghanistan residents, who ran the Rebuild training organization, remained in custody.