Young Guantanamo prisoner back in Afghanistan

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A prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, charged with wounding two US soldiers and their interpreter has returned home to Afghanistan. The release came months after a war crimes case against him unraveled when a military judge ruled his confession was coerced.

Mohammed Jawad, one of the youngest people held at Guantanamo, was flown from the US base in Cuba over the weekend. He was released to his family by Afghan authorities on Monday.

The 21-year-old says he hopes to go to school after nearly seven years in custody. The release was ordered by a US federal judge in July. The judge has said the government's case was an "outrage" and "full of holes."