Taliban urged to release elderly UK couple before they ‘die in custody'
They have been held for five-and-a-half months without charge and, up until eight weeks ago, had been separated and detained in a maximum-security prison.
The couple's four adult children, who live in the United States the UK, say they are worried for their parents, who are both in poor health.
They said: 'This is another urgent plea to the Taliban to release our parents before it is too late, and they die in their custody.
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