This State Department cable is a report on detainees as well as an assessment of the ground situation in Afghanistan. The cable focuses on a description of the Qandahar airport holding facility holding the Cuba-bound al-Qaida and Taliban detainees, and notes that “there are currently 380 prisoners from a number of countries,” mostly between 20-30 years of age; “there is no privacy and even calls of nature are performed in public". There is a field hospital that is properly servicing the detainees with their medical needs in an adequate manner. Many of the detainees, when asked, state it was/is their "hatred" for the US that led them to fight with and for the Taliban. The detainees shout epithets at the guards and make constant threats against them, especially the female ones. With regard to access to detainees for interrogation purposes, cooperation is excellent between the US government and the foreign agencies seeking information on their own nationals