\n<\/p>\n
The mother of<\/span> the last remaining Afghan detained at Guant\u00e1namo Bay is pleading with the Trump administration to free her son, who has been held in detention for nearly two decades without ever being charged with a crime.<\/p>\n In a letter shared exclusively with The Intercept, Safora Yousufzai calls on President Donald Trump to release her son, 60-year-old Mohammad Rahim, citing his poor health and \u201cadvanced age\u201d and arguing that \u201chis prolonged detention has significantly affected both his physical and psychological well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n Yousufzai points out that Afghanistan\u2019s government released 64-year-old linguistics researcher Dennis Walter Coyle last month, after he spent over a year in captivity. His family had urged the Taliban<\/a> to \u201clook upon him with leniency\u201d in a letter, which Afghanistan\u2019s foreign ministry cited in their announcement of his release.<\/p>\n The Trump administration claimed credit for negotiating Coyle\u2019s return \u2014 and proclaimed its commitment to \u201cending unjust detentions overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, Yousufzai is hoping to hold the administration to that promise.<\/p>\n \u201cIn light of recent humanitarian actions undertaken in comparable circumstances \u2014 such as the release and repatriation of detainee Dennis Coyle to his family, I respectfully express my hope that similar consideration may be extended in my son\u2019s case,\u201d wrote Yousufzai. \u201cSuch actions reflect not only legal discretion but also a broader commitment to human dignity and humanitarian values.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n U.S. forces detained Rahim in Pakistan in 2007 and transferred him to the notorious military prison at Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba, in 2008. The U.S. government accused the Afghan national of being an interpreter and courier for Osama Bin Laden in Al Qaeda, but he was never charged or tried for any crimes.<\/p>\n