NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — A Mauritanian official says that the United States has transferred one of its prisoners held in Afghanistan to Mauritania.

A Mauritanian security source, who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press, said that Younis al-Mauritani was flown by U.S. authorities from Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan and handed over to Mauritanian security forces.