Guantanamo Bay Detainees by Age

Court Reverses Ruling on Detainees (Post, Sept. 25, 2007)

According to the Pentagon, "Ismail was released from GTMO in 2004. During a press interview after his release, he described the Americans saying, 'they gave me a good time in Cuba. They were very nice to me, giving me English lessons.' He concluded his interview saying he would have to find work once he finished visiting all his relatives. He was recaptured four months later in May 2004, participating in an attack on US forces near Kandahar. At the time of his recapture, Ismail carried a letter confirming his status as a Taliban member in good standing."

The U.S. military accused him of fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan and wanting to kill Americans. He was involved in one of three suicide bombings that killed seven Iraqi security forces in Mosul on April 26, 2008, Defense Department officials said.
Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Joined Iraq Suicide Attack (Post, May 8, 2008)

According to the Pentagon, Shah returned to the fight in Afghanistan upon his release.

According to the Pentagon, "Noor was released in July of 2003, and has since participated in fighting against US forces near Kandahar. After his release, Noor was identified as the person in an October 7, 2001, video interview with al-Jazeerah TV network, wherein he is identified as the “deputy defense minister of the Taliban.” In this interview, he described the defensive position of the mujahideen and claimed they had recently downed an airplane."

Hicks is was the first person to face a U.S. military tribunal after the Supreme Court struck down a previous version of the trials in 2006. He returns to Australia to serve nine months in a maximum-security prison near Adelaide. Hicks, a high school dropout and Muslim convert, joined al-Qaeda and fought for two hours alongside the Taliban before he was captured trying to escape Afghanistan in December 2001.
Guantanamo Detainee Returns to Australia, Post, May 21, 2007

After his release, Ghofoor became the Taliban's regional commander in two provinces and was killed by Afghan security forces, the Pentagon said, according to a Reuters report.

Belbacha worked as a hotel waiter in Britain. The Pentagon has alleged that he met Osama bin Laden twice and received weapons training in Afghanistan. His attorneys dispute the charges and say he was rounded up with other innocent men in Pakistan in early 2002.
On Feb. 22, 2007, the Pentagon notified Belbacha's lawyers in London that he had been approved to leave Guantanamo. Despite entreaties from the State Department, the British government has refused to accept Belbacha because he is not a British citizen.

After being captured in early 2002 and held at GTMO for eight months, Ghafour reportedly became the Taliban’s regional commander in Uruzgan and Helmand provinces, carrying out attacks on US and Afghan forces. On September 25, 2004, while planning an attack against Afghan police, Ghaffar and two of his men were killed in a raid by Afghan security forces