Four More Guantanamo Detainees Released
Click here for reuse options!Obama administration officials said they worked quickly to fulfil the request from Ghani, in office just three months, to return the four — long cleared for release — as a kind of reconciliation and mark of improved U.S.-Afghan relations.
There is no requirement that the Afghan government further detain the men, identified as Mohammed Zahir, Shawali Khan, Abdul Ghani and Khi Ali Gul. Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, a government-appointed group, confirmed the transfer, but did not identify the men, saying that the four “will be reunited soon with their families.”
The council also requested the repatriation of the eight Afghans who are among the 132 detainees remaining at Guantanamo.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, said in a statement that it had “full confidence in the Afghan government’s ability to mitigate any threats these individuals may pose and to ensure that they are given humane treatment.” The transfer “demonstrates Afghan sovereignty and U.S. trust in the strength of Afghan government institutions,” according to the statement.
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Obewon December 20th, 2014 at 14:41
Hoods off! Cheney misses his illegal torture disinformation admin, leaving record low everything since (R) Hoover’s great depression. “Miss me yet?”-GWB billboard paid for “anonymously” by the RNC and Greedy Oligarch Party of torture!
A wonderful tribute to George W. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeI5y2ohifo
Obewon December 20th, 2014 at 15:41
Hoods off! Cheney misses his illegal torture disinformation admin, leaving record low everything since (R) Hoover’s great depression. “Miss me yet?”-GWB billboard paid for “anonymously” by the RNC and Greedy Oligarch Party of torture!
A wonderful tribute to George W. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeI5y2ohifo
mea_mark December 20th, 2014 at 14:47
I wonder how many veterans we could take care of here at home with the money we would save if we closed down Guantanamo completely?
Scopedog December 20th, 2014 at 21:53
Ask Congress–it’s their fault why Gitmo isn’t completely shut down.
mea_mark December 20th, 2014 at 15:47
I wonder how many veterans we could take care of here at home with the money we would save if we closed down Guantanamo completely?
Scopedog December 20th, 2014 at 22:53
Ask Congress–it’s their fault why Gitmo isn’t completely shut down.