THE Taliban have bizarrely claimed the arrest of a British couple in Afghanistan was due to a “misunderstanding.”
Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested on 1 February on their way back home to the Bamiyan province.
The Taliban said today that the couple were detained due to a “misunderstanding” that they had fake Afghan passports.
It comes after the group said on Monday was aiming to release the Brits “as soon as possible”.
Taliban official Abdul Mateen Qani told the BBC: “A series of considerations is being taken into account, and after evaluation, we will endeavour to release them as soon as possible.”
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