Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A British couple held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since February were released on Friday after Qatar intervened on their behalf.

An elderly British couple were released by the Taliban this week after eight months in captivity. Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter Reynolds, 80, arrived in Qatar on Friday following months of ...

Emotions ran high in Doha on Friday as British couple Peter Reynolds (80) and his wife Barbie (76) reunited with their daughter Sarah Entwistle after being released by Taliban. The pair had been ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Taliban released on Friday a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, likely part of a wider effort to get their ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — A British couple who had been detained in Afghanistan for almost eight months has been released after lobbying by their family and growing efforts in recent weeks to free Western ...

In this photo provided by Qatar Foreign Ministry, Qatari and British diplomats, left, pose with the released British couple, Barbie and Peter Reynolds, aboard a plane before departing to Qatar from ...

Sept. 19 (UPI) --An elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan since the beginning of February were en route home via Qatar on Friday after being released from a maximum security prison, with the ...