Brit Elderly Couple ‘is Dying’ In Taliban Prison

United Nations quality authorities experts person insisted connected nan merchandise of nan British couple, Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who are some successful their 70s, informing they are astatine consequence of irreparable wellness harm aliases moreover decease successful a situation successful Kabul nether Taliban control.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who are successful their 70s and who person lived successful nan state for 18 years, were arrested successful early February aft being taken from their location successful cardinal Bamiyan state to nan capital, Kabul.

“It is inhumane to support them locked up successful specified degrading conditions and much worrying erstwhile their wellness is truthful fragile,” said nan UN experts, who called for their contiguous transportation to a civilian hospital, Euro News reported connected Wednesday.

According to UN experts, Reynolds’ clip successful detention included periods successful a maximum-security installation and successful underground cells, earlier being transferred to above-ground cells astatine nan General Directorate of Intelligence successful Kabul, nan superior of Afghanistan.

Release is underway

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi refuted nan UN’s comments. “They are successful changeless interaction pinch their families,” he told reporters astatine a media briefing successful Kabul connected Wednesday.

“Consular services are available. Efforts are underway to unafraid their release. These steps person not yet been completed. Their quality authorities are being respected. They are being fixed afloat entree to treatment, interaction and accommodation,” Muttaqi added.

Peter needs bosom medicine and, during his detention, suffered 2 oculus infections arsenic good arsenic intermittent tremors successful his caput and down his near arm, his son. He precocious collapsed, nan UN connection added, while Barbie suffers from anaemia and remains weak.

Their boy Jonathan Reynolds said their wellness was quickly deteriorating, pinch his begetter suffering superior convulsions and his mother “numb” from anaemia and malnutrition.

Chained to murderers

“My dada was chained to murderers and criminals,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, adding that they had astatine 1 constituent been held successful a basement for six weeks without sunlight, and not allowed out.

The couple’s big children issued a connection connected Sunday, stating that Peter and Barbie person nary furniture aliases furnishings and slumber connected a mattress connected nan floor. Peter’s look is red, peeling and bleeding, apt owed to nan return of tegument crab that urgently needs removing, they said.

“We, their 4 big children, person written privately to nan Taliban activity twice, pleading for them to uphold their beliefs of compassion, mercy, fairness, and quality dignity,” nan children said.

Officials from nan UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) visited nan mates past week, nan family said. “We are supporting nan family of 2 British nationals who are detained successful Afghanistan,” an FCDO spokesperson said.

Do not recreation to Afghanistan

The UK unopen its embassy successful Kabul and withdrew its diplomats from nan state aft nan Taliban returned to powerfulness successful 2021.

The FCDO said support for British nationals successful Afghanistan is truthful “severely limited” and advises not to recreation to nan country.