American counter-terrorism analysts justified the continued extrajudicial detention of several Guantanamo captives, in part, because they were suspected of staying in the Azem guesthouses.
American analysts asserted that this guest house was in the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul. American analysts describe this as an al Qaeda controlled district. Post invasion it is the district where foreign governments have their embassies.
American analysts asserted that this guest house was the Nibras guest house was used to billet recruits about to be trained at the Al Farouq training camp, and that the Azem guesthouse was used to house those who completed their training.
American analysts asserted that this guest house was managed by a trusted member of Osama bin Laden's inner circle named Hamza al-Ghamdi.