Overview

• Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara, 76, are longtime British nationals who lived in Afghanistan for years working on education projects.
• They were detained by Taliban authorities in February in Bamiyan province and held for nearly eight months, much of it apart from each other.
• Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said the pair violated Afghan laws and were released after due judicial process, offering no further details.
• The couple were handed to UK special representative Richard Lindsay in Kabul and flown to Doha for medical evaluations.
• Qatar mediated for months in coordination with the UK and, through its embassy in Kabul, provided medical access, medications and regular communication with the family during custody.