Two Pakistani brothers held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed and returned home.
Detention centre utilized after 9/11 attacks now holds 32 people, down from a peak of about 600This Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba is shown in a Sept. 7, 2021, photo. The Pentagon confirmed the release of Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani, arrested in 2002 on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda.They will be reunited with their families after a formal questioning by Pakistani authorities, according to security officials and a Pakistani senator.
The two brothers arrived at an airport in the capital, Islamabad, on Friday. Pakistani Sen. Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, the chairman of the human rights committee in the upper house of Pakistan's Parliament, tweeted Friday that the two brothers had reached Islamabad airport.The CurrentThis month marks 20 years since the opening of a U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, despite repeated U.S. presidential promises to close it.
Khan later told The Associated Press that the brothers were being sent to Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, where they lived with their families. He said he hoped the men will be reunited with their families soon.
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