After serving 18 years in the controversial US Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba, a Pakistani has now been released and returned to his home country. According to Pakistani media reports, the man was the oldest inmate in the camp set up by the US under President George W. Bush after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
The 75-year-old is back with his family, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in Islamabad on Saturday.
The Pakistani – a wealthy businessman living in the US – was arrested in Thailand in 2003 and taken to Guantanamo the following year. He was accused of aiding the 9/11 attackers through a financial transaction. He has always denied the allegations.
His son was also arrested on charges of supporting the terrorists. He was in prison in the US. However, his sentence was overturned and he was allowed to travel to Pakistan last year.
The US prison camp in Cuba has been set up to detain suspected Islamist terrorists without trial. At times, nearly 800 people were detained in the camp, which is located at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay.
Source: Krone
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