UK – The Independent, February 25, 2025
Peter and Barbie Reynolds have lived in country for 18 years running training programmes.
A British couple in their 70s who have been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban will be freed “soon”, the group have said.
Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested alongside an American national and an Afghan translator on 1 February, while returning to their home in the central Bamiyan province.
The couple have lived in the country for 18 years and have been running training projects since 2009, including a programme that involved training mothers and children.
After the Taliban overthrew the government in 2021, they decided to remain in the country despite most of their staff, other Westerners and British diplomats exiting the country in a rapid withdrawal.
Their daughter, Sarah Entwistle, who lives in Northamptonshire, told The Sunday Times that her parents “could not leave when Afghans were in their hour of need”, and that they had been “meticulous” about keeping to the rules.
