Relatives of Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara, 76, had made repeated pleas about their deteriorating health since their arrest in February. The Taliban on Friday released a British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, an official said. The couple had lived in Afghanistan for 18 years and ran an educational institution in the country's central province of Bamiyan. He said that the Taliban "does not view the matters of citizens from a political or transactional angle." Russia recognizes Afghanistan's Taliban government To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoEdited by: Karl Sexton