Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 11, 2012

Haji Nahim Kuchi: "When I arrived back in Afghanistan, I felt as though I had begun a new life."

From Prison To Kabul's Presidential Palace -- Radio Free Europe

KABUL -- In the spring of 2003, Haji Nahim Kuchi was a number -- US9AF-000931DP -- in a Guantanamo detainment cell.

This week, Kuchi was at the Presidential Palace in Kabul for his regular consultations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Kuchi -- whose son is a member of parliament, or Wolesi Jirga -- is the tribal leader of Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun Kuchi nomads.

Kuchi was detained by U.S. forces near his native Logar Province on January 1, 2003. U.S. military records show he was suspected of having ties to the Taliban and thought to have information on the movement of Arab Al-Qaeda fighters and Taliban officials who had fled to Pakistan.

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