The Guantánamo parole board has cleared for release an Afghan man who is considered “one of the most compliant detainees” at the detention center in Cuba.

Captive Mohammed Kamin, in his mid 30s, got the news by telephone at Guantánamo on Wednesday, according to attorney Shane Kadidal, who described the Afghan as buoyed by the news. “I sometimes dream of being free,” Kamin said, according to Kadidal. “Then I wake up in this facility, and I have a different feeling.” ...