Peter Reynolds, 79, and his spouse Barbie, 75, had been detained by the Taliban’s inside ministry on 1 February.
The couple married in Kabul in 1970 and have lived in Afghanistan for the final 18 years.
They run Rebuild, an organisation that gives training and coaching programmes.
Final month, they had been moved to a most safety jail in Kabul.
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The Taliban’s motives in locking his dad and mom up stay unclear, he added.
Whereas they’ve been in a position to converse to their dad and mom a “number of times from a pay phone within the prison” it has been a “rollercoaster of emotions”, Mr Reynolds mentioned.
He defined that inside the Afghan jail system, ladies are fed solely as soon as a day, whereas there may be extra meals for the boys.
As well as, the ladies “have to pay for their own food”.
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The Qatari authorities has been in a position to get drugs and cash to the couple – who’re being held individually – and Mr Reynolds mentioned he was extraordinarily grateful for the Qataris’ assist.
Relating to doable causes for the incarceration, Mr Reynolds mentioned: “I believe there have been 29 investigative interviews with staff members – people they have served and supported – and everything has come up as no credible charges.
“They took a brief flight to choose up a Chinese language-American buddy who has visited a number of occasions.
“Originally they (authorities) said they didn’t have the right paperwork to have a chartered plane, which was incorrect and it was all produced.
“In order that was dropped.”
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The couple married in Kabul in 1970. Pic: Reynolds household
Requested whether or not his dad and mom had been naive, Mr Reynolds mentioned: “I think anyone who goes in their 60s and 70s to live and become Afghan citizens is probably not naive to the dangers of it.
“In the event that they needed to dwell a quiet, retired life and be round their grandkids they may have achieved that.
“They are under a deep conviction from back in the late 60s when they married in Afghanistan in 1970 that they were going to give their life for a bright future for Afghanistan.”
He added that when the Taliban took over, the British authorities provided to get them out, however they replied: “Why would we leave these people in their darkest hour?”
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The Reynolds’ daughter Sarah says it’s the longest they’ve gone with out talking to one another since changing into “sweethearts in the 1960s”.
Whereas Sarah mentioned her father had misplaced weight, she added that he can “find light in the darkest of places”.
On the finish of February, the Taliban claimed the arrests occurred due to a “misunderstanding” that the Reynolds had pretend Afghan passports.
The day earlier than that, the BBC reported the Taliban as saying they’d endeavour to launch the couple “as soon as possible”.
