DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - 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 government recognized internationally, years after taking power. The Reynolds' family in the United Kingdom repeatedly called for the couple's release, saying they were being mistreated and held on undisclosed charges. Speaking in Doha ahead of her parents' arrival there, she also thanked the Qatari and British governments for their support and efforts to secure the couple's release. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed the couple's release, saying he knew "this long-awaited news will come as a huge relief to them and their family. It remains unclear what, if anything, the Taliban had been promised for the Reynolds' release.