In this Jan. 11, 2002 file photo released by the US Department of Defense, detainees wearing orange jump suits sit in a holding area as military police guard them during in-processing at the temporary detention facility of Camp X-Ray on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP photo)
U.S. and Afghan officials say some Taliban fighters captured in the early days of the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and later sent to Guantanamo would be transferred to a detention facility adjacent to Bagram air field, the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
Officials described the proposal on condition of anonymity because it is still under discussion.
They said the idea is to boost the credibility of the U.S.-backed Afghan government as President Hamid Karzai and U.S. officials try to draw the Taliban back to negotiations that broke off in March.
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