Two Tunisians grilled at CIA black site flown home, freed

The Pentagon secretly repatriated two Tunisians who were interrogated at a CIA black site in Afghanistan and imprisoned by the U.S. military in that country for more than a decade, U.S. officials said.

A U.S. military cargo plane flew Lutfi al-Arabi al-Gharisi and Ridha Ahmad alNajjar from Afghanistan to Tunisia on June 15, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.

The Pentagon said the men were being held in Afghan government custody prior to their repatriation by the U.S. military.

A lawyer for the men said they had been freed by the Tunisian government.

In December, the Pentagon said it had transferred all prisoners remaining in its custody in Afghanistan to the local government. Najjar and Gharisi were the last prisoners to be moved.