Five Moroccans detained in the United States military camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than two years after their arrest in Afghanistan have been handed to Moroccan authorities, MAP state news agency said on Monday. The men, captured during the US-led war against Taliban rule in Afghanistan, arrived in Morocco on Sunday and were handed over to justice authorities. MAP gave no details of their whereabouts or whether they would face charges in Morocco, but named them as Mohamed Ouzar, 24, Mohamed Mazouz, 30, Radouane Chekkouri, 32, Abdellah Tabarak, 49, and Brahim Benchakroun, 24. The Moroccans were among around 600 suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban members still held at Guantanamo after being taken prisoner during the Afghanistan war. Their imprisonment began in January 2002 and nearly all of them have been held without charges or access to lawyers.
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It was not immediately clear if other Moroccans were still being held at Guantanamo. |