The Portraits of Gitmo Detainees

Taj Mohammad, 28
Originally from Kunar, Mohammad was released in 2006 after five years at Guantanamo. "I used to buy and sell cows, how can I be arrested for being a terrorist?" he asks. "I tried to commit suicide three times by hanging myself because of my own depression and mental trauma being tortured inside of this horrible prison. It was not in my destiny to die I guess...I only talk (about it) because I want everyone to know I am not guilty." Photo taken February 6, 2009.

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