The son of a British couple who were detained by the Taliban nine weeks ago is calling on the US to help secure their release from an Afghan prison.
79-year-old Peter Reynolds, and his 75-year old wife, Barbie, were arrested on Feb. 1,while returning to their home in the central Bamiyan province.
Their son, Jonathan, called on the White House to intervene after the Taliban released Faye Hall, an American detained with them, last week.
She was the fourth US citizen to be released by the Taliban since January after talks between officials in Kabul, described as a “goodwill gesture” towards the Trump administration.
He said the detention of his parents, who have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years and ran education projects, had been “harrowing and exhausting” for their family.
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“Anybody who has the ability to unlock that key and let them out, whether the Taliban, the British government or the American government, do it now, please,” Reynolds pleaded.
