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An elderly British couple being held in a high security prison in Afghanistan have "never heard one accusation or one charge", their son has told Sky News.

Their four adult children have said the couple were married in Kabul in 1970 and have lived in Afghanistan for 18 years - remaining after the Taliban toppled the Western-backed government in 2021.