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From 2014, via CNN:

“After Bergdahl was handed over, a series of secret procedures was set in motion so each side knew the other was living up to the bargain. Qatari officials were already at Guantanamo and took custody of the detainees.

A U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying them left the U.S. Navy base in Cuba on Saturday afternoon, a senior Defense official told CNN. The United States has “appropriate assurances” that Qatar will be able to secure the detainees there, where they are under a travel ban for a year.

The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Omar, praised the release of the detainees in a rare public statement Sunday.

‘Thanks to God that as a result of the Taliban’s sacrifice and the Taliban’s political office’s nonstop efforts, five important members of Taliban are released from Gitmo prison,’ the statement said.

The operation was so secretive that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was left out of the loop.

‘”Secretary (of State John) Kerry did inform President Karzai after the fact,’ Hagel said.

Hagel was asked if this prisoner exchange could lead to more breakthroughs with the Taliban. Getting Bergdahl out of captivity was the first concern, he said.

‘Whether that could lead to possible new breakthroughs with the Taliban, I don’t know. Hopefully it might,’ he said. ‘But we pursued this effort specifically to get Sgt. Bergdahl back.’

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/01/world/asia/afghanistan-bergdahl-release/index.html