{"id":279714,"date":"2025-09-19T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/afghanistan-elderly-british-couple-freed-after-being-detained-by-taliban\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:00:32","slug":"afghanistan-elderly-british-couple-freed-after-being-detained-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/afghanistan-elderly-british-couple-freed-after-being-detained-by-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Elderly British couple freed after being detained by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/26qYUNpIVA0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Afghanistan: Elderly British couple freed after being detained by Taliban\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26qYUNpIVA0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sky&#8217;s Cordelia Lynch speaks to British couple Barbie and Peter Reynolds, who were detained by the Taliban in February 2025 and what happened. <\/p>\n<p>The couple have now been freed after mediation led by Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/trib.al\/B8POje0<\/p>\n<p>#Afghanistan #UK #skynews <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky&#8217;s Cordelia Lynch speaks to British couple Barbie and Peter Reynolds, who were detained by the Taliban in February 2025 and what happened. 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