ɐ pɹˈoʊfaɪl ʌv ɡˈælɪb pˈʌblɪʃt ɔnðə fɹˈʌnt pˈeɪdʒ ʌvðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz, ˌɔn noʊvˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti sˈɛvən, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈɪftiːn, nˈoʊɾᵻd ðæt dʒˈɔɪnt tˈæsk fˈoːɹs ɡwɑːntˈænəmˌoʊ ɐθˈɔːɹɪɾiz hæd fˈɪɹd hiː wʊd ɹᵻtˈɜːn tə ðə bˈæɾəlfˌiːld, ɪf hiː wɜː fɹˈiːd fɹʌm ɡwɑːntˈænəmˌoʊ.
A profile of Ghalib published on the front page of the New York Times, on November 27, 2015, noted that Joint Task Force Guantanamo authorities had feared he would return to the battlefield, if he were freed from Guantanamo.