An American woman detained by the Taliban alongside a British couple has told the BBC they are literally dying in prison and that time is running out.
Faye Hall was arrested with Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76 on 1 February when returning to Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan, where the couple lived.
While Ms Hall was released after two months, Peter and Barbie remain in prison and still do not know why they are being held.
The Foreign Office (FCDO) said it was supporting the family of a couple being held in Afghanistan.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast in her first interview since being released, Ms Hall broke down in tears when asked what she would like to tell the couple.
I love them, I know they will be out very soon, don't ever give up.
Mr and Mrs Reynolds married in Kabul in 1970 and had lived in Afghanistan for 18 years prior to their arrest - the reason for which has not been confirmed despite four court appearances.
The pair had Afghan citizenship and ran a charity programme in the country, approved by the Taliban when they took power in 2021.
Ms Hall said the group, which also included an interpreter, had flown from Kabul to Bamiyan Province in a privately chartered plane when they were stopped at a checkpoint.
They then spent days on the road being driven between police stations and prisons.
She described the conditions in which they had been held, including cramped cells and a maximum-security prison housing murderers, fenced with barbed wire and overseen by guards carrying machine guns.
She warned that their health had rapidly deteriorated in prison, with Barbie losing significant weight and unable to stand or walk on one occasion.
Peter has been getting sicker despite receiving medication from the Qatari government, which he requires daily after undergoing heart surgery and cancer treatment. We just have these elderly people, they're literally dying, and time is running out, she said.
Ms Hall highlighted that the conditions were mentally taxing, stating, every day you do not know where you'll be tomorrow.
The couple's son expressed fears that his parents would die in prison, stressing Peter's serious convulsions and Barbie’s severe malnutrition due to anaemia.
In July, the UN warned that the couple could perish in such degrading conditions if immediate medical care was not provided, labeling their detention inhumane.
Ms Hall called on the US and UK governments to work together and do more to secure the pair's release.
The FCDO stated it was supporting the family of two British nationals detained in Afghanistan and acknowledged the limitations of providing support following the embassy's closure due to the Taliban's return to power in 2021.
A US State Department spokesperson condemned the Taliban's unjust detention of foreign nationals and urged for their immediate release.
Despite assurances from the Taliban's foreign minister that the couple was in constant contact with their families, Ms Hall and their family members remain concerned for their health and safety.
