Taliban arrest Brit couple in their 70s for ‘teaching skills to mothers’ in Afghanistan as family beg for their release

A BRITISH couple in their 70s has been arrested by the Taliban for reportedly teaching parenting skills to mothers.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds ran training schools in Afghanistan for 18 years, despite the rise of the tyrannical group in 2021.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds have been arrested by the Taliban

The Reynolds were arrested on 1 February when they were returning to their home in the Bamiyan province, according to The Sunday Times.

This British couple married in Kabul 1970 and their home in Nayak had been raided by the cops.

Employees at their training schools were also interrogated by the Taliban’s police.

The couple’s family have desperately pleaded for their release.

Their daughter Sarah Entwistle, from Northamptonshire, revaled heartbreaking details about their terrifying arrest.

The couple were initially able to message their four children but the texts stopped after three days.

Peter and Barbie told their kids they were detained at the interior ministry, before their lines went down.

Sarah told The Sunday Times: “This is really bad.

“My mother is 75 and my father almost 80 and [he] needs his heart medication after a mini-stroke.

“They were just trying to help the country they loved. The idea they are being held because they were teaching mothers with children is outrageous.”

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