Barack Obama signed order to close down the US detainment camp in 2009, but it remains open with many long-term prisoners still in custody.
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00:00 Two Afghan prisoners who were held in U.S. custody for 14 years at Guantanamo Bay and
00:07 later on house arrest in Oman have been allowed home to Kabul after 20 years. The men were
00:12 released as a result of efforts made by the Taliban. Guantanamo Bay Detention Center on
00:18 Cuba was opened by President George W. Bush in 2002 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and
00:24 the invasion of Afghanistan to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Its purpose was to
00:30 hold and interrogate al-Qaeda suspects.
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