I was held prisoner by the Taliban for five months. I was beaten, whipped and walked up to 12 miles round and round my cell every day to stay sane before getting back to UK

Ex-paratrooper Ian Purchase, 50, was arrested in Afghanistan's capital Kabul in May on suspicion of breaking local laws, before being tossed into solitary confinement for five months

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