Abdul Ghani

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Abdul Ghani is a citizen of Wikipedia:Afghanistan, currently held in the Wikipedia:United States Wikipedia:Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Wikipedia:Cuba. Abdul Ghani's Guantanamo Wikipedia:Internment Serial Number is 934. The Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1972.

On 28 July 2008 the Department of Defense announced charges against Abdul Ghani before a Wikipedia:Guantanamo Military Commission, and he was accused of having sold Soviet-era munitions to a man who later fired them at American troops. Five months later, all charges were dropped without prejudice, although Ghani continues to be held in Guantanamo Bay.

As of November 23, 2010, Abdul Ghani has been held at Guantanamo for seven years eight months.

Combatant Status Review

Ghani was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Ghani's memo accused him of the following:

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban and associated with al Qaida:

1. The detainee admitted to voluntarily joining the Taliban.
2. The detainee was a member of a 40-man unit of the Taliban that received support from al Qaida.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners:

1. The detainee participated in a rocket attack directed against U.S. forces located at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan in the spring of 2002.
2. The detainee participated in two rocket attacks directed against U.S. forces located at Kandahar Airfield in early November 2002.
3. The detainee participated in a BM 12 missile attack against a U.S.A.F. transport aircraft while it was departing Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

The Department of Defense was forced, by a court order, to publish an eight page summarized transcript from Abdul Ghani's Tribunal.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Ghani's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 9 November 2005. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

An individual approached the detainee when he was coming out of a local mosque one night and asked the detainee to help him fire rockets.

b. Connections/Associations

An individual stated that he was sent to find the detainee to fire rockets against the United States air base at Kandahar.

c. Intent

1. The detainee took part in a rocket attack on the Kandahar airfield in November 2002.
2. The detainee walked with another individual to a place where several rockets were buried. They took the rockets and walked to where they would set them up for launch. The two prepared the rockets for launch and then ignited them. Following that, they left and didn't witness the launch.
3. The detainee and another individual fired rockets on two consecutive nights.
4. The detainee was arrested by Afghan Forces for assisting an individual in a rocket attack against United States Forces at Kandahar airfield.

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was identified as part of the 40-man unit.
2. One of the tasks of the 40-man unit was to provide protection to al Qaida for travel in Afghanistan.
3. The detainee was seen launching a rocket against a United States aircraft near the Kandahar airport.
4. According to the detainee, when he fired the rockets, he was not following a commander; he was just doing it for money.
5. An individual states that the detainee was paid money from al Qaida for the missile attack. He also stated that the detainee's military expertise was missiles.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

N/A

Transcript

Ghani chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. In the Spring of 2006 the Department of Defense was forced, by a court order, to publish an eleven page summarized transcript from Abdul Ghani's Review Board hearing.

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Abdul Ghani's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 October 2006. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. The detainee stated he joined the Taliban voluntarily but was not sure when he joined.
2. The detainee stated Americans did not have any business in Afghanistan and fighting against them was every Muslim's duty. The detainee further stated they fought against Shah Masood because he was an infidel and that the way Shah Masood was killed was acceptable because in war trickery was allowed.
3. The detainee stated he served with the Mujahedin until Najib was ousted.
4. The detainee stated he only fought against Najib's soldiers.

b. Training

1. A source stated the detainee's military expertise was in missiles.
2. The detainee stated everyone in Afghanistan knows how to use a gun and he could operate any weapon a soldier could carry in his hands.

c. Connections/Associations

1. A source stated he knew the detainee's boss was a Taliban commander and did not want to assist the detainee for that reason and that the detainee's boss wanted to fight Americans.
2. A source stated the detainee was paid by al Qaida for the attack against a United States aircraft near Kandahar Airfield.
3. A source stated the detainee was also a part of a 40-man training team that taught hand grenade techniques, use of plastic explosives and automobile explosive device use for deployment outside of Afghanistan.

d. Intent

1. The detainee stated he had the right to defend his country.
2. The detainee stated if he had the power to kill Shazai, Governor of Kandahar, he would. The detainee considered Shazai a slave of the Americans.
3. A source stated the detainee would do anything for money.

e. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee stated he was offered 1000 Pakistani Rupees to help carry rockets.
2. The detainee changed his story and stated that he was never paid.
3. The detainee stated he carried two rockets into the desert near the Kandahar Afghanistan Airfield.
4. The detainee admitted to being a lookout but refused to admit he knew the rockets were going to be fired at that time.
5. The detainee further stated that he knew the rockets were going to be fired at the Americans at Kandahar Airfield.
6. The detainee stated he did not fire any of the rockets.
7. The detainee stated Shah told the villagers that the detainee fired the rockets at United States troops.
8. Information received states that the detainee retrieved two batteries, a long length of wire and two missiles and took them approximately one hour away by foot to an area overlooking the Kandahar Airfield.
9. Information received states the detainee then carried the missiles approximately 20 to 30 meters away where they Template:sic concealed themselves behind a large rock and the detainee fired the missiles against United States Forces at the airfield.
10. A source state the detainee told him they had to fight against the United States.
11. A source stated he knew the detainee was involved in fighting the United States but couldn't provide any specifics.
12. The detainee was captured by United States and Afghan forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee stated that he accepts that he did something wrong and he has no motivation to lie further.

b. The detainee took the Pakistan Army soldiers to where the other two rockets were still buried.

c. The detainee stated if he knew that Shah was going to fire the rockets at the airport he would not have helped him.

References

External links

• The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (12) – The Last of the Afghans (Part Two) Andy Worthington
• Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07) Andy Worthington

Wikipedia:Category:People held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp Wikipedia:Category:Afghan extrajudicial prisoners of the United States Wikipedia:Category:Living people Wikipedia:Category:Year of birth uncertain Wikipedia:Category:1972 births

Template:Infobox WoT detainees Azimullah is a citizen of Wikipedia:Afghanistan who was held in Wikipedia:extrajudicial detention in the Wikipedia:United States Wikipedia:Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Wikipedia:Cuba. His Guantanamo Wikipedia:Internment Serial Number was 1050. American Wikipedia:intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in Wikipedia:North Waziristan, Wikipedia:Pakistan.

Sultan Sari Sayel al Anazi was transferred to Saudi Arabia on December 13, 2006.

Summary

Azimullah was one of more than half a dozen captives at Guantanamo who were transferred to Guantanamo because they were under suspicion for participating in rocket attacks on Wikipedia:Firebase Salerno.Template:citation needed

Combatant Status Review

Azimullah was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Azimullah's memo accused him of the following:

a. The detainee is associated with forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.

1. The detainee attended the Shinkay and Zaku Khel Zaku Khel madrassas in Afghanistan.
2. The detainee was a student at the madrassa during the Taliban rule.
3. The detainee acted as a guide to a group of individuals attacking the Salerno Fire Base.
4. The detainee acted as the guide for a group that had weapons, surveillance equipment (camera and binoculars) and radios.
5. The detainee met with an Arab man and an Afghan man who gave him money prior to the attack on the firebase.
6. The detainee was arrested for aiding personnel in operations against the Salerno Fire Base.
7. The detainee was captured after the group that he was traveling with were engaged in a gunfight with Afghan Militia Force (AMF).

On March 3, 2006, in response to a Wikipedia:court order from Wikipedia:Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published an eight page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board

Detainees whose Wikipedia:Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Wikipedia:Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee might pose if released or transferred, and whether there were other factors that warranted his continued detention.

First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Azimullah's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 26 April 2005. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. In March 2003, the detainee was involved in a foiled reconnaissance mission, coordinated by an al Qaida Southern Afghanistan Regional commander, who is also known as a facilitator.
2. The detainee was a Madrassa student in Afghanistan for most of his life, including the timeframe during the Taliban rule.
3. The detainee was at the Lakan Madrassa located in Lakan, Khowst Province, Afghanistan.
4. Several anti-coalition members have been identified as having been students of the Laken/Dari Madrassa.

b. Training

The detainee's mother stated that he attended a training camp in Pakistan. Although, the detainee denied this, he did admit to loving his mother more than the men who trained him.

c. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee was part of a group that included an individual from the Nazamia Madrassa and a known al Qaida member. Reportedly, the Nazamia Madrassa has been used by al Qaida, Taliban and Hizb-I Islam Gulbuddin (HIG) personnel for training. The detainee along with the other members of the group, were ordered by a known al Qaida facilitator to go to a burial ground, where Muslims go to pray near an operating base in Khost Province, Afghanistan, in order to film the base and surrounding areas.
2. The detainee acted as a guide for a group that had weapons, surveillance equipment (cameras and binoculars) and radios.
3. One of the individuals the detainee was with as part of the group, used a video camera to take pictures of checkpoints and the airport.
4. Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin has long established ties with Bin Ladin.
5. The detainee was arrested for aiding personnel in operations against the Salerno Fire Base.
6. The detainee was captured, after the group that he was traveling with was engaged in a gunfight with the Afghan Militia Force (AMF).

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was deceptive and combative in his answers, while trying to claim that he was totally honest and cooperative.
2. The detainee changed portions of his story, especially in relation to his capture.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

• The detainee stated he has never had any military service and was never taught to use the Kalishnikov.
• The detainee denies ever swearing Bia-at to any person or organization. He denies having ever been involved in any Jihad. In addition, the detainee stated he does not know of any Fatwah's that have ever been issued by any Eman (Religious Leader).

Transcript

Azimullah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing. In the Spring of 2006, in response to a Wikipedia:court order from Wikipedia:Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a six page summarized transcript from this Administrative Review Board.

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Azimullah's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 5 March 2006. The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. In late May 2003, the detainee was a part of a foiled reconnaissance mission coordinated by an al Qaida Southern Afghanistan Regional Commander who is also known as a facilitator.
2. The detainee was a Madrassa student in Afghanistan for most of his life, including the timeframe during the Taliban rule.
3. The detainee was at the Lakan Madrassa located in Lakan, Khowst Province, Afghanistan.

b. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee acted as a guide for a group that had weapons, surveillance equipment (cameras and binoculars) and radios.
2. One of the individuals the detainee was with as part of the group used a video camera to take pictures of checkpoints and the airport.
3. The detainee was arrested for aiding personnel in operations against the Salerno Fire Base.
4. The detainee was captured after the group that he was traveling with was engaged in a gunfight with the Afghan Militia Force.

c. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was deceptive and combative in his answers, while trying to claim that he was being honest and cooperative.
2. The detainee changed portions of his story, especially in relation to his capture.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee stated he has never had any military service and was never taught to use the Kalishnikov.

b. The detainee denies ever swearing Bia-at to any person or organization. He denies having ever been involved in any jihad. In addition, the detainee stated he does not know of any fatwas that have ever been issued by any Eman.

Repatriation

In October 2007 Wikipedia:Andy Worthington, author of Wikipedia:The Guantanamo Files, reports that Azimullah was released in September 2007.

As of March 18, 2008 the Wikipedia:Washington Post still listed Azimullah as still in detention in Guantanamo.

On November 25, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when Guantanamo captives were repatriated. According to that list he was repatriated on April 28, 2007. He is the only Afghan who was not repatriated in a group with other Afghans.

The Wikipedia:Center for Constitutional Rights reports that all of the Afghans repatriated to Afghanistan from April 2007 were sent to Afghan custody in the American built and supervised wing of the Wikipedia:Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Wikipedia:Kabul.

References

External links

• Two Afghans Released from Guantanamo: a Farmer and a Teenager Andy Worthington