Human Rights Watch issued a "Letter to President General Pervez Musharraf" calling on the Bush administration to "release detainees who were Taliban soldiers or who have no connection to al-Qaeda, and who are not being prosecuted for war crimes or other serious international offenses."
The letter referred to Khan as a "homeopathic doctor from Bannu District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan who, American and Pakistani officials have privately admitted to Human Rights Watch, has no connection to the Taliban or al-Qaeda.
According to an article in the January 7, 2006, edition of the Houston Chronicle Khan says he has considered committing suicide because the Pakistani government continues to monitor him.
[5] On June 15, 2008, the McClatchy News Service published an article on each of 66 former Guantanamo captives they interviewed.
[7] McClatchy reporters had been allowed access to his Pakistani security dossier, which stated he had been cleared of suspicion of involvement with the Taliban.
On May 20, 2009, the New York Times, citing an unreleased Pentagon document, reported that Department of Defense officials claimed Isa Khan was one of 74 former Guantanamo captives who was "suspected" of having "engaged in terrorism or militant activity.