{"id":246335,"date":"2025-02-25T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/misunderstanding-in-arrest-of-british-couple-in-afghanistan-taliban-says\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T11:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T11:47:07","slug":"misunderstanding-in-arrest-of-british-couple-in-afghanistan-taliban-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/misunderstanding-in-arrest-of-british-couple-in-afghanistan-taliban-says\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Misunderstanding&#8217; in arrest of British couple in Afghanistan, Taliban says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/02\/1920x1080\/skynews-peter-reynolds-barbie-reynolds_6837937.jpg?20250223175304&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"&#8216;Misunderstanding&#8217; in arrest of British couple in Afghanistan, Taliban says\" title=\"&#8216;Misunderstanding&#8217; in arrest of British couple in Afghanistan, Taliban says\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The arrest of a British couple in Afghanistan was over a &#8220;misunderstanding,&#8221; the Taliban has said.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/british-couple-in-their-70s-detained-by-taliban-in-afghanistan-13315839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detained by the Taliban&#8217;s interior ministry<\/a><\/strong> on 1 February.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for their arrests was immediately unknown.<\/p>\n<p>But the Taliban said on Tuesday that the couple were detained due to a &#8220;misunderstanding&#8221; that they had fake Afghan passports.<\/p>\n<p>The four adult children of the couple said last week that their parents were married in Kabul in 1970 and have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years &#8211; remaining after the withdrawal of Western troops and the Taliban&#8217;s return to power in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The couple runs an organisation named Rebuild, which provides education and training programmes for businesses, government agencies, educational organisations and nongovernmental groups.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><em><em>You can also <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\"><em><strong>follow us on WhatsApp<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> and subscribe to our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews\"><em><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> to keep up with the latest news.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/misunderstanding-in-arrest-of-british-couple-in-afghanistan-taliban-says-13316683\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrest of a British couple in Afghanistan was over a &#8220;misunderstanding,&#8221; the Taliban has said. Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were detained by the Taliban&#8217;s interior ministry on 1 February. The reason for their arrests was immediately unknown. 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