An elderly British couple who were detained in Afghanistan earlier this year have been freed.

Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were detained by the Taliban's interior ministry on 1 February.

In March, they were then moved to a maximum security prison in Kabul.

On Friday they were safely released from detention following mediation led by Qatar.

Image: Pic: Reynolds family

The couple have lived in Afghanistan for the past 18 years and run an organisation called Rebuild, which provides education and training programmes.

They have been together since the 1960s and married in the Afghan capital in 1970.

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Image: Pic: Reynolds family

Their son Jonathan told Sky News in April his parents had "nev

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