British Couple ‘Dying’ in Afghan Prison, Warns Woman Held by Taliban – ryan

Freeya Chappell and

Maia Davies

An American Woman detail by the Taliban Alongside a British Couple has told the bbc they are “literally dying” in prison and that “time is running out”.

Faye Hall was arrested with Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76 on 1 February When Returning to Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, Where the Couple Lived.

While MS Hall was released after two monthsPeter and Barbie Remain in Prison and Still will not know why they are being held.

The Foreign Office (FCdo) Said it was supporting the family of a couple being held in afghanistan.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast in Her First Interviewing Since Being Release, Ms Hall Broke Down in Tears we are asked what she was just like to tell the couple.

“I say, I know they will be out Very Soon, don’t ever give up.”

MR and MRS Reynolds Maried in Kabul in 1970 and Had Lived in Afghanistan for 18 years prior to their arrest – the reason for which has not been confirmed despite four appeanance.

The Pair Had Afghan Citizenship and Ran a Charity Program in the Country, Approved by the Taliban wey tok Power in 2021.

MS HALK SAID The Group, Which Also Included An Interpreter, Had Flown from Kabul to Bamiyan Province in A Privately Chartered Plane We have been stopped at a check point.

Theyn spent days on the road Being Drives BetWene Police Stations and Prison.

She Described the Conditions in Which they have Been Held, including cramped cells and a Maximum Security Prison Holding “MURDERERERS”, Friched with Barbed and Where Guards Carriad Machine Guns.

She warned that their health has rapidly deteriorated in prison, with Barbie Ling Significant Weight and Unable to Stand or Walk on One Occacion.

She Also Caautioned That Peter Had Been Sicker Despite Receiving Medication from the Qatari Government, which He Required Daily AFTER UNDERGOING HEART SURGERY AND CANCER TREATMENT.

“We just have these elderly People, they’re literally dying, and time is running out.”

She stressed that the conditions were taching a mental toll as well as Physical, because “every day you will not know where you’ll be tomorrow”.

“It ‘not a Healthy Environment and we were the only foreigners there,” she added.

The Pair’s Son Previously Told the Bbc He Feared they would die in prisonCautioning that Peter Had sufferered Serious Convulsions and Barbie was “Numb” from Anaemia and Malnutrition.

The un Warned in july that the couple coulud perish “in Such Degrading Conditions” if they did not recipe medical care at once, calling their detention “inhumane”.

MS HALLED ON THE US AND UK Governments to “Work Together” and do more to Secure the Pair’s Release.

The Fcdo Said: “We are Supporting the Family of Two British Nationals Who Are Detained in Afghanistan. The minister has met with the family.

The uk shut it embassy in kabul and withdrew it diplomats from the country after the Taliban returning to Power in 2021.

The fcdo Says Support for British Nationals in Affghanistan is therefore “Sevely Limited” and Advises Against All Travel to the Country.

A spokesperson for the US State Department Said the Taliban Had a “History of Unjustly Detailing Foreign Nationals”.

“They Should permanently end ther Practice of hostage diplomacy and release all those unjustly detailed immediately.”

The Taliban’s Foreign Minister Said in July That Barbie and Peter Were “in Constant Contact with their Families” and that Efforts Were Under Way toir Release But That “These Steps Have Not Yet Been Completed”.

“Their Human Rights Are Being Respect. They Are Being Given Full Access to Treatment, Contact and Accommodation.”