The United States has released an Afghan national, Assadullah Haroon, detained in the Guantanamo prison and handed him over to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in Kabul.According to a statement issued by IEA spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Friday, Haroon was released after 15 years in the prison as a result of &efforts of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [IEA] and its direct and positive interaction with the United States&.&IEA considers this as its duty to release Afghans detained in other countries and strives to ensure that no Afghan remains oppressed in any country of the world,& the statement said.&We are currently in contact with some of the countries where Afghans have been detained and efforts are underway to release them soon,& the statement read.Mujahid also thanked Qatar for &paving the ground& for the release of Haroon.He also said the IEA is hopeful that the last remaining Afghan prisoner, Muhammad Rahim Sekundar, held at Guantanamo is also freed and able to rejoin his family in his homeland.The prison has drawn worldwide condemnation for holding large numbers of prisoners without charging them or holding trials.
Its population peaked at about 800 inmates, then declined sharply during the 2009-2017 Obama administration.At least 37 detainees remained at Guantanamo Bay, as per a statement by the US Defence Department in April. The post US releases Guantanamo prisoner, hands him over to IEA officials in Kabul first appeared on Ariana News.