Guantanamo Detainee Back Home In Afghanistan

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR

One of Guantanamo's youngest detainees is free after more than six years at the U.S. prison. Mohammed Jawad returned to Afghanistan on Monday to a tearful reunion with his mother. She had not seen him since he was arrested there in late 2002, and accused of wounding two Special Forces members and their interpreter in a grenade attack. Jawad says even though he feels robbed of his childhood, he refuses to dwell on his ordeal.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, August 26, 2009