{"id":10846,"date":"2021-04-21T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T14:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/us\/2021\/04\/28\/bidens-plan-to-end-afghanistan-war-gives-some-detainees-hope-for-release\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T14:45:16","slug":"bidens-plan-to-end-afghanistan-war-gives-some-detainees-hope-for-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/us\/2021\/04\/21\/bidens-plan-to-end-afghanistan-war-gives-some-detainees-hope-for-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Plan to End Afghanistan War Gives Some Detainees Hope for Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Biden has declared that he intends to end the war in Afghanistan this year. But it is less clear whether anything will change for detainees at the prison at Guant\u00e1namo Bay that was opened for that war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, when conflicts end, wartime detainees are sent home. Lawyers for at least two of the 40 remaining prisoners at Guant\u00e1namo told federal judges this week that whatever wartime legal authority the government had to detain their clients was evaporating. The motions were the first legal fallout from Mr. Biden\u2019s announcement. Read the full story at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/04\/21\/us\/politics\/afghanistan-war-guantanamo-prison.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden has declared that he intends to end the war in Afghanistan this year. But it is less clear whether anything will change for detainees at the prison at Guant\u00e1namo Bay that was opened for that war. Traditionally, when conflicts end, wartime detainees are sent home. 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