US to return 110 Guantanamo detainees to Kabul

It was announced on Thursday, that nearly one fourth of the remaining Guantanamo detainees, 110 in total, all of Afghan nationality, will be released to the custody of the Afghan government. The transfer will occur only when Afghanistan has developed the "capacity" to receive them, said a US embassy spokesman in Kabul. A recent UNDP newsletter indicates that only days ago a new Penitentiary Law was passed, and it will require a great deal of training and rehabbing of facilities to implement.