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Article: 20 detainees released from US detention in Afghanistan
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 16, 2005
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20 detainees released from US detention in Afghanistan
KABUL, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Twenty detainees were released from US
detention facilities in Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday as part of
the Afghan government's strengthening peace program, US military
said.
The detainees were given a medical examination and their personal
effects and transferred from the coalition custody in Bagram Airfield
to the Afghan government.
They were transported to the PTS (President of the Transitional
State) commission office in Kabul to be registered in the program and
allowed to return home under the supervision of tribal elders, it
said.
A total of 199 detainees have agreed to participate in the
program. ...