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US to release only Afghan prisoner from Guantanamo Bay
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 16 (ANI): The US will be releasing two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay including the only Afghan left in the jail, Asadullah Haroongul.
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Pentagon declines to comment on COVID-19 situation in Gitmo amid surge of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Defense Department declined to comment on Sputnik's request about the coronavirus situation in Guantanamo Bay detention facility amid reports that Cuba is experiencing a surge of new cases.
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Pakistan: JI leader slams Imran Khan-led govt for making Islamabad insecur
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): The head of Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unit, Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has alleged that the Imran Khan-led government had turned Islamabad into a second Guantanamo Bay for journalists, who have spoken out about feeling insecure ins
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Biden administration to launch review of Guantanamo Bay prison
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration on Friday (local time)will launch a review of Guantanamo Bay Military Base prison in Cuba with the goal of shuttering the facility, the White House.
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Pentagon pauses plan to offer COVID-19 vaccine to Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): The Pentagon (the US Department of Justice Headquarters) on Saturday announced that it is pausing the vaccination of Guantanamo Bay detainees against COVID-19.
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Indonesian bombings: US moves to try 3 terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): The United States military prosecutors have filed charges against an Indonesian and two Malaysian terrorists accused of conspiring in 2002 Bali bombings and 2003 Jakarta attack, the Pentagon announced.
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Trump touts 'new rules of engagement' in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 31 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has dwelled on Afghanistan, in his first official State of the Union speech, saying that the US military in the war-torn South Asian nation has "new rules of engagement."
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Trump signs executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay open
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 31 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has announced in his first official State of the Union speech that he has signed an executive order to keep the detention facility at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay open.
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Trump dubs Bowe Bergdahl verdict as 'disgrace'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], November 4 (ANI): Criticising a judge's decision to not give Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl any jail time for deserting his post in Afghanistan, United States President Donald Trump said that it was "a complete and total disgrace."
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Foreign terror suspect brought to U.S. for trial
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Philadelphia [United States], July 24 (ANI): An Algerian terror suspect from Spain has been brought to the United States by the President Donald Trump administration, to be tried in federal court rather than at the Guantanamo Bay naval prison
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Trump criticises Obama's decision to release Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): U.S. President Donald Trump early Tuesday took to twitter to criticise previous administration's decision to reduce the population at the. detention facility of Guantanamo Bay, which houses terrorism suspects, by repatriating detainees to their homelands
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