DUSHANBE, March 2, Asia-Plus – Three Tajik nationals have been returned home from the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
According to information from the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe, the PoWs have been recommended for transfer by the Special Council at Guantanamo Base.
“They have been transferred to Tajik authorities and their further fate will be decided in their homeland,” the source said, adding that the all three were suspected of having participated in the Taliban Movement.
In the meantime, a source at the Tajik MFA says that they do have information about that.
We will recall that Tajik First Deputy Foreign Minister Saymoumin Yatimov told a news conference on January 19 that Tajikistan is engaged in negotiations with U.S. officials over Tajik nationals being detained at the U.S.-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Foreign Ministry is seeking a detailed clarification from Washington regarding the exact number of Tajik citizens at the military facility and has requested specific information on their living conditions and any charges that they face. Yatimov said that time that 10 Tajik citizens have been released from the facility to date, but that the exact number of Tajiks still in detention is unclear.
