Haroon turned to a colonial trope of Pathan reverence for their former rulers of the frontier to explain his bewilderment at their contemporary violation of justice. His statement can be read as a narrative of decline and lost glory of the British capitulating to American global power. When he returned to Pakistan after ten years in Bagram, Haroon was transferred to a prison in Faisalabad. Here, he endured further interrogation, this time by local intelligence agencies. Finally, one month later, he was reunited with his wife and five children, and met his youngest daughter – born three months after his abduction – for the first time. 34