(ANSA) - ROMA, 12 FEB - epa11146888 Taliban security
officials stand guard during a ceremony to welcome the return of
the last two Afghan Guantanamo Bay prisoners at Kabul airport in
Kabul, Afghanistan, 12 February 2024. The last two Afghan
detainees at the U. S.-run Guantanamo prison have been freed and
returned to Kabul, marking the end of the release process for
all detainees associated with the Taliban, according to the
state-run Bakhtar news agency. After serving at least 14 years
in U.S. custody at the Guantánamo Bay detention center, the two
Afghan prisoners were moved to the Gulf kingdom of Oman in 2017,
where they were placed under house arrest and were not allowed
to leave the country for the following seven years. These
prisoners were among the large number of Afghans arrested by the
U.S. military following the invasion of coalition forces in
Afghanistan in 2001 on charges of cooperation with the al-Qaeda
terror network. EPA/SAMIULLAH POPAL
SAMIULLAH POPAL/ (ANSA).
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