Detainees sit in a holding area at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. File photograph: Reuters/US Department of Defence
US Releases Four Guantánamo Bay Prisoners To Afghanistan -- The Guardian
* Official: ‘Repatriation reflects commitment to closing facility’
* Release follows six men sent to Uruguay earlier this month
The US announced on Saturday the release of four more prisoners from the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. The four men were repatriated to Afghanistan.
Paul Lewis, the Defense Department’s special envoy for the closure of Guantánamo, said: “This repatriation reflects the Defense Department’s continued commitment to closing the detention facility at Guantánamo in a responsible manner.”
The men, who had been in the camp for more than 10 years, were named as Shawali Khan, Khi Ali Gul, Abdul Ghani and Mohammed Zahir. They had been cleared for transfer for some time and are not considered to represent security risks in Afghanistan, where US troops are still deployed.
The release of the men reduces the number of inmates held at Guantánamo to 132, eight of whom are from Afghanistan.
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