(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Fayiz al-Kandari has been held without charge for 14 years in US prison in Cuba, where he was allegedly tortured.
In 2001 Kandari said he was imprisoned by the Northern Alliance in Jalalabad. While there he said: "The international community is mistaken about Arabs in Afghanistan," according to a book by New Yorker reporter Jon Lee Anderson.
Kuwait is "looking forward to receiving [Kandari] back " and is committed to making sure he reintegrates well", said Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah al-Mubarak al-Sabah, Kuwait's minister of state for cabinet affairs. He added that Kuwait has been working hard for many years for Kandari's release and he is confident in the rehabilitation centre, of which he said even the Bush Administration approved.
Kandari "understands and accepts that he will live his life subject to the scrutiny of his government," his lawyer Lewis told the PRB. "He wants only to turn the page and get on with his life."
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