18 Are Sent Home From Guantánamo - New York Times

18 Are Sent Home From Guantánamo - New York Times: "MIAMI, Dec. 17 (Reuters) — The Defense Department said Sunday that a total of 18 prisoners who had been held at the naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, had been sent to their home nations over the weekend, reducing the captive population at the base to about 395.

Aside from seven Afghan prisoners, who arrived in Kabul on Saturday, the group included six sent to Yemen, three to Kazakhstan and one each to Libya and Bangladesh, the Pentagon said in a news release.

“These detainees were recommended for transfer or release by multiple review-board processes conducted at Guantánamo Bay,” the statement said." Read complete post here.