The United States has transferred two detainees from the Guantanamo Bay facility to Pakistan, confirmed the Pentagon on Thursday. According to reports, the US authorities have transferred two brothers held in the detention facility in Cuba, to Pakistan bringing the total number of detainees held in Guantanamo Bay to thirty-two. The facility was established as a prison by former President George W. Bush in 2002, to combat terrorism in the country.

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