PA mediaFive months ago, the son of a British couple, detained by the Taliban, told the BBC that they are afraid that they may die in jail.
Peter Reynolds, 80, and 76 -year -old Barbie were arrested on 1 February, while returning to their homes in Central Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan.
His son Jonathan Reynolds said that his health was rapidly deteriorating, his father suffered serious attacks and his mother from “numbers” from anemia and malnutrition.
The United Nations has also warned that they may “be destroyed under such derogatory circumstances. If they do not take medical care at once, their detention is called” inhuman “.
An Taliban official told the BBC in February that the group planned to release the couple as soon as possible.
Mr. Reynolds said that it was a “rigid and real” who was waiting for the release of his parents for five months, Stayed in Afghanistan for 18 years And run education projects.
He said that he was held under harsh conditions – including a maximum security gel – despite a judge being “innocent” and despite facing any charge.
“My father was chained for killers and criminals,” he told the BBC Radio 4 program, stating that he was held at a point without sunlight for six weeks in a basement, and not allowed out.
The couple revealed that “when their health is how bad”, when he last contacted his children on 15 June, Mr. Reynolds said.
“My father’s health is particularly rapidly deteriorating,” he said about the 80 -year -old, which is the history of a minor heart attack.
“Now he probably got something like Parkinson – trembles and shakes the right part of his body, her hands and face,” he told the BBC breakfast.
He said that his father called his wife to take a prison guard to a jail guard to take a jail guard on the “mattress pad” serving as a bed.
He said that Mrs. Reynolds have blue hands and feet with anemia, malnutrition, just not getting the right healthcare, “he said.
Mr. Reynolds said that he did not know the exact location of his parents – and he was uncertain “that his immediate release has been demanded”.
“Every week it seems that we have been told that ‘Just wait two or three days … just hang tight”.
“After the week we have been told that – and they are still in jail.”
However, he said that he was grateful to the Foreign Office (FCDO) for the level of communication with the family.
The couple had a birthday in prison, and marked their 55th wedding anniversary last week.
Mr. Reynolds said: “I am thankful that they were together, but they are certainly not independent.”
Similarly, the United Nations warned on Monday that the pair’s health was quickly decreasing, and questioned why they were being held.
“Without access to adequate medical care, they are at risk of irreparable loss or even death,” a read statement By the United Nations Human Rights Body, who called for his immediate transfer to a civil hospital.
“We see no reason that this old couple should be absolutely detained, and requested an immediate review of their custody.
“It is inhuman to keep them closed under such derogatory circumstances and more worrying when their health is so critical.”
It said that it raised the couple’s case with Taliban and the UK.
Sri and Mrs. Reynolds married in Kabul in 1970 and later became an Afghan citizen.
He was running training projects in Afghanistan, including a training mother and children.
Despite banning education for girls over 12 years of age and not allowing women to work, their work was approved by local authorities by local authorities.
Taliban official Abdul Matin Kani said in February: “A series of ideas are being taken into consideration, and after evaluation, we will try to release them as soon as possible.”
FCDO has been contacted for feedback.
Britain closed its embassy in Kabul and withdrew its diplomats from the country after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
FCDO says support for British citizens in Afghanistan is therefore “seriously limited” and advises against all the journey of the country.
