Seven Afghanis released from Guantanamo Bay arrive in Kabul
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(16 Dec 2006)
1. Wide of released Afghani Guantanamo Bay detainees entering news conference
2. Various of released Afghani detainees
3. Wide of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Sebghatullah Mujadedi, head of reconciliation commission:
"There are some Afghans still in American detention, the negotiations are going on to bring them home soon and American authorities have been convinced to hand them over."
5. Various of released detainee praying
6. Medium of two released detainees talking face to face
7. Close of wrist band
8. Mohammad Alif, released Afghani detainee talking to reporters
9. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Mohammad Alif, released Afghani detainee:
"We want all Afghan detainees to be transferred back home and spend their detention period in Afghanistan. There is no need to keep them in Guantanamo."
10. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) Hafizullah Khan, released Afghani detainee:
"I want the Afghan government to investigate my case. If I was in the Taliban, I will accept any kind of punishment otherwise if I am innocent, then the government should compensate me."
11. Various of released Afghani detainees walking out from Afghan reconciliation commission office
12. Released Afghani detainees seated in ICRC vehicle
13. Various of International Red Cross car leaving
STORYLINE:
Seven Afghan men on Saturday arrived in their home country, weary, angry and proclaiming their innocence, after years of imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The men appeared at a news conference beside Sibghatullah Mujaddedi, head of Afghanistan's reconciliation commission, which assists with the release of detainees from Guantanamo and the US prison at the Bagram military base north of Kabul.
All seven said they were wrongly arrested.
In interviews with The Associated Press, one claimed he was forced to join the Taliban, while another said he was arrested merely for being Muslim.
"We want all Afghan detainees to be transferred back home and spend their detention period in Afghanistan," said Mohammad Alif, one of the released Afghani detainees. "There is no need to keep them in Guantanamo," he added.
Meanwhile Hafizullah Khan, another released Afghani detainee, said he wanted the Afghan government to investigate his case.
"If I was in the Taliban, I will accept any kind of punishment otherwise if I am innocent, then the government should compensate me," he said.
Commission official Mohammad Akram said 47 Afghan prisoners have been released from Guantanamo since 2004.
"There are some Afghans still in American detention, the negotiations are going on to bring them home soon and American authorities have been convinced to hand them over," Akram said.
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