The British couple who took place in Afghanistan may die in prison, “warns the son

The son of a British couple, detained by the Taliba five months ago, said the BBC that he was afraid that they could die in prison.

Peter Reynolds, 80, and Barbie, 76, were arrested on February 1, returning to his house in the Central province of Bamian, Afghanistan.

Their son Jonathan Reynolds said their health is rapidly deteriorating, and the father suffers from serious seizures, and the mother “numb” of anemia and malnutrition.

The UN has also warned that they could die “in such degrading conditions” if they do not receive medical care at once, calling their detention “inhuman”.

In February, the Taliban official said the BBC that the group planned to release a couple “as soon as possible”.

G -n reenolds said lived in Afghanistan 18 years And they carried out educational projects.

He said they were kept in tough conditions – including maximum security prison – despite the fact that the judge is “not innocent” and did not threaten the charges.

“My dad was chained to killers and criminals,” he said today BBC Radio 4 programs, adding that at one point they had passed in the basement for six weeks without sunlight and are not allowed.

The couple found that “on June 15, they were last contacted with their children, Mr. Reinold said.

“My father’s health is quickly deteriorating,” he said about the age of 80, who has a history of minor heart attacks.

“Now he may have something like early Parkinson – jolt and shrink the right part of the body, hands and face,” he said BBC breakfast.

He added that his father spent “half an hour, convulsive on the prison floor” before his wife urged the prison movement to move him to the “mattress on the floor”, serving his bed.

Mrs. Reynolds “My blue hands and legs that need to be done with anemia, malnutrition, just without receiving proper medical care,” he added.

Mr. Reynolds said he did not know the exact location of his parents – and that he was not sure that “the demand was made for their immediate release.”

“Every week it seems that we are told, ‘Wait two more days … Just hold on.”

“Week for a week tell us this – and they are still in prison.”

However, he said he was grateful to the foreign service (FCDO) for the level of communication with the family.

The couple spent birthdays in prison, and last week celebrated their 55th anniversary.

Mr. Reynolds said, “I am grateful that they were together, but of course they are not free.”

On Monday, the UN warned that the couple’s health was rapidly declining and asked why they were being carried out at all.

“Without access to proper care, they run the risk of getting irreparable damage or even death,” read A statement According to the UN Human Rights, which urged them to immediately be transferred to a civil hospital.

“We do not see the reason why this older couple should be detained at all and asked to consider the grounds of their detention immediately.

“Inhuman, so that they are closed in such humiliating conditions and worry more if their health is so gentle.”

It adds that she raised the couple with the Taliban and the UK.

D -n and Mrs. Reynolds married Kabul in 1970 and later became citizens of Afghanistan.

They carried out training projects in Afghanistan, including the one in which their mother and children participated.

Their work was obviously approved by the local authorities, despite the fact that the Taliban prohibits the education of girls over 12 and did not allow women to work.

In February, Taliban’s official Abdul Metten said: “A number of opinions are taken into account, and after the assessment we will seek to release them as soon as possible.”

FCDO addressed the answer.

The UK closed the embassy in Kabul and withdrew its diplomats from the country after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

FCDO notes that supporting British citizens in Afghanistan is thus “strongly limited” and advises against all trips to the country.