Peter Reynolds, a 79-year-old Briton held captive by the Taliban, describes the dire conditions in Kabul's Pul-e-Charkhi prison after being detained for over nine weeks. In calls shared with the Sunday Times, he reveals living in a cell described as a "cage" and fears for his wife, Barbie, held in worse conditions. Despite enduring solitary meals and deteriorating health, he contrasts his plight with the even more severe treatment of his wife's imprisonment. Their arrests followed a flight that they initially believed would be innocuous, highlighting the chaotic aftermath of the Taliban's authority in Afghanistan.
I've been joined up with rapists and murderers by handcuffs and ankle cuffs, including a man who killed his wife and three children, shouting away.
I was initially told the plane lacked proper landing permission and they would be released. Instead, our phones were confiscated and we were transferred.
I asked, Can you tell me any part of those books which is against Islam? They have interrogated more than 30 people who knew us.
This is the nearest thing to hell I can imagine, but my conditions are VIP compared to my wife's situation in the women's section.
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