{"id":279690,"date":"2025-09-19T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/taliban-frees-elderly-british-couple-from-maximum-security-prison-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:00:08","slug":"taliban-frees-elderly-british-couple-from-maximum-security-prison-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/taliban-frees-elderly-british-couple-from-maximum-security-prison-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban frees elderly British couple from maximum security prison in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/yysWcbp_kJc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Taliban frees elderly British couple from maximum security prison in Afghanistan\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yysWcbp_kJc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>An elderly British couple who spent months in a maximum security prison in Afghanistan have been freed.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office today confirmed the release of 76-year-old Barbie Reynolds and her 80-year-old husband Peter. <\/p>\n<p>The couple had lived in Afghanistan for almost twenty years, running an education organisation, but were arrested in February and have been held since then without charge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An elderly British couple who spent months in a maximum security prison in Afghanistan have been freed. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] The Foreign Office today confirmed the release of 76-year-old Barbie Reynolds and her 80-year-old husband Peter. 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