Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, August 27, 2026 — A military judge has set a trial date for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, in a case that has remained unresolved for more than two decades.
Mohammed is accused of planning and helping organize the attacks, in which nearly 3,000 people were killed after hijacked commercial aircraft were crashed into the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and a field in Pennsylvania.
The case is being handled by the US military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, where Mohammed and four other defendants face charges connected to the attacks.
The proceedings have been repeatedly delayed by disputes over evidence, interrogation practices and the treatment of the defendants in US custody following their capture.
The setting of a trial date marks another attempt to move the long-running case toward a full judicial proceeding. However, the proceedings remain subject to further legal challenges and procedural decisions.
