Freed Guantanamo men face trial
6/5/08
Five Afghan detainees who were released from Guantanamo Bay last week have been sent to jail upon their arrival in Afghanistan. They had been detained at Guantanamo Bay with the Al Jazeera cameraman, Sami al-Hajj. Al-Hajj and the Afghan detainees were on the same plane after they were released from the US military prison. he detainees, who have been taken to the Pul-i-Charkhe prison on the outskirts of Kabul, the Afghan capital, will now face Afghan courts. Detainees from Guantanamo Bay and any other US prison facility are usually transferred to Afghan custody once they are released.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E89DEA9F-623E-4349-A0B4-349E18BE5439.htm
Tags: Afghanistan, Terrorism, USA