The U.S. military has flown another group of terrorist suspects to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - the second such planeload to arrive there in two days. 

Officials would not provide any details about the 32 prisoners or say where they were flown from, though the heavily-guarded Guantanamo facility is being used to house some of the Taleban and al-Qaida fighters captured in Afghanistan. 

Construction crews have been building additional cells at Guantanamo, and the latest arrivals Friday bring to more than 330 the number of prisoners being held there. 

The prisoner transfer coincides with ongoing operations in Afghanistan to hunt down remaining al-Qaida and Taleban fighters. 

Coalition troops are working with the Pakistani military to prevent al-Qaida and Taleban forces from regrouping in the vast Afghan-Pakistan border region. Among those taking part are British Royal Marines, who are patrolling previously unsearched territory in southeastern Afghanistan in a mission dubbed "Operation Snipe." 

A U.S. military spokesman also confirmed that Canadian forces had moved to Bagram Air Base from Kandahar to prepare for future operations. 

Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters. 

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