British couple held by Taliban arrive in UK after release

Their son tells the BBC he is "overwhelmed" by release after nearly eight months in prison.

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Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, who lived in Afghanistan for nearly two decades, landed at Heathrow Airport from Qatar on Saturday.

They had been reunited with their daughter in Doha the day before. Their son, Jonathan Reynolds, told the BBC that he was "ecstatic and massively grateful" to those who were involved in securing their release.

The Taliban, who had detained the couple from 1 February, said the pair had broken Afghan laws and were released after judicial proceedings - but the Islamist group has never disclosed a reason for their detention.

The couple's release follows months of public lobbying by their family, who have described the harrowing conditions of their detention.