Released After 3 Years at Guantánamo, 78-Year-Old Detainee Has Failing Eyesight and Hearing, Uses a Walker

British newspaper The Guardian ran a story about Haji Nasrat Khan, a 78-year-old Afghan who was held at Guantánamo Bay for three years, despite his failing health.

An excerpt from the article:

It's hard to picture Haji Nasrat Khan as an international terrorist. For a start, the grey-bearded Afghan can barely walk, shuffling along on a three-wheeled walking frame. His sight is terrible - he squints through milky eyes that sometimes roll towards the heavens - while his helpers have to shout to make themselves heard. And as for his age - nobody knows for sure, not even Nasrat himself. “I think I am 78, or maybe 79,” he ventures uncertainly, pausing over a cup of green tea.

Yet for three and a half years the US government deemed this elderly, infirm man an “enemy combatant”, so dangerous to America’s security that he was imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay.

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• The Guardian: Three years on, Guantánamo detainee, 78, goes home