After Years of Captivity, Two Ex-Guantanamo Inmates Return Home

Abdul Karim (L) and Abdul Zahir (C), two former prisoners who had been held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay before being transferred to Oman, are seen as they arrive at Kabul airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2024. Afghan security personnel arrive at the Kabul airport as they prepare to welcome two former prisoners held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, in Kabul, Feb. 12, 2024.

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said Monday that two of its nationals who were detained and rendered to the United States-run prison in Guantanamo Bay more than 20 years ago had returned home.