today, they began that process by releasing abdul latif nasser. he was never charged with a crime but remained detained for nineteen years. today he was repatriated to morocco, where he will remain under tight security measures. nearly 800 prisoners have passed through guantanamo since detainees first arrived there in early 2002. now, 39 remain. to discuss this move, i'm joined by thomas durkin, the lawyer for abdul latif nasser. welcome to the newshour and thankers for making the time. tell knee, what was your reaction and his when you learned he was going to leave guantanamo today after nearly two decades? >> well, i can't speak for him, yet i did speak to his brother who was absolutely ecstatic. i am told he has been released in morocco but i haven heard from him yet. he probably has more important people to see than me at this moment. i was just tremendously relieved it is like getting a boulder off your shoulder is the best i can say it. it is just awful whahappened to him. >> nawaz: now he was cleared for release, i should say, back in 2016.

released under the biden administration has returned to his home country of morocco. 56 year old abdul latif nasser was imprisoned for nearly two decades without charge and had been cleared for release since 2016. 39 prisoners remain at guantanamo. in afghanistan, some 12,000 families have been displaced and are in need of immediate assistance amid deadly fighting between afghan forces and the taliban. this is a displaced woman speaking from takhar province. >> we have not come here eagerly. 10 women and 10 men are here together. we had our own village and house before. whatlse can we do? our children are sick and we have no carpets or anything else. amy: intra-afghan talks have resumed in doha as the u.s. and nato withdrawal is nearing completion. in other news from afghanistan, pulitzer prize-winning indian photojournalist danish siddiqui was killed while covering a clash between afghan security forces and the taliban friday. siddiqui, a staff journalist at reuters since 2010, was embedded with members of afghanistan's elite special forces attempting to recover a district near the border with pak

amna: that is tom durkin, lawyer for the former detainee abdul a latif nasser. you for being with us. tom: thank you. judy: with covid-19 restrictions lifted in the united kingdom, despite being in the midst of a major sue of infections, we examine how life has been lived in one english town. for the last 16 months, will winter cross has been quarantined like so many of us, unable to travel. he sent us this look at a look at the pandemics affect, nestled in the valleys of northwest england. >> as a foreign correspondent, i spent my career covering everything from wars in the middle east to the ebola outbreak in africa. as covid-19 took hold in britain, i went back to my home county of west yorkshire is the company went into its first lockdown. little did i know i would be covering this for the next year and a half. the area is dominated by cheap farms and more. in the beginning, residents of my village spring into action, forming a support group. dr. angela operates a local care. we spoke last march. >> i run a 75-bed hospice. the masks we've been given so far a