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• Mohammed Hashim
• Mohammed Nasim (Guantanamo captive 849)

• Nasrullah (Guantanamo detainee 886)
• Rahmatullah Sangaryar
• Abdul Razzak Hekmati
• Abdul Ghani (Guantanamo detainee 934)

Archive #2

• Abdul Bagi (detainee)
• Bismullah (Guantanamo detainee 968)

Restored to WP

• Wikipedia:Abdul Hafiz (Guantanamo detainee)
• Wikipedia:Norullah Noori

Separately AfDd

• Abdul Ghafour (Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin leader)
• Azimullah (Wikipedia:Azimullah) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Azimullah_(detainee)

Rahmatullah Sangaryar

Template:Dablink Template:Cleanup-rewrite Template:USgovtPOV Template:Infobox WoT detainees Rahmatullah Sangaryar is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 890. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1968, in Oruzgan, Afghanistan.

He claims he was an official in the Hamid Karzai administration.

He was repatriated on April 30, 2008.

Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Combatant Status Review Tribunals were held in a 3 x 5 meter trailer. The captive sat with his hands and feet shackled to a bolt in the floor. Three chairs were reserved for members of the press, but only 37 of the 574 Tribunals were observed.

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

Allegations

A memorandum summarizing the evidence against Sangaryar prepared for his Combatan Status Reiew Tribunal, was among those released in March 2005. The allegations Sangaryar faced were:

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban:

1. The detainee was a Taliban military commander.
2. The detainee knew of many former Taliban Commanders.
3. The detainee was the ########## ############ ########### ######## ####### ########## in Kandahar Afghanistan.
4. Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) is a terrorist group.
5. The detainee paid others to warn him when Americans forces were in his area.

b. The detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners:

1. The detainee admitted fighting against the United States or its coalition partners.
2. The detainee reportedly was ########################## in the Tagab and Nejrab district.
3. The detainee was a member of a 40-man unit primarily operating against U.S. personnel, intending to bomb or strike soft targets.

Transcript

Sangaryar chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board

Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual 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 Rahmatullah Sangaryar's first annual Administrative Review Board on 21 November 2005.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

When the detainee was very young he joined the Mujahadeen to fight the Soviet Union.

b. Training

The detainee is trained in the use of hand grenades, rocket propelled grenades, the AK-47 and the Sakil machine gun.

c. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee met with Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Supreme Leader of the Taliban, on only one occasion in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2. The detainee was listed as a member of the Senior Staff of Taliban Defense Ministry Personnel.

d. Intent

1. The detainee was identified as being assigned to a 40-man team of fighters.
2. The 40-man team was funded primarily by Pakistani and Syrian Non-Government Organizations with some ties to al Qaida.
3. The detainee was reported as being named the new Director of Hezb-E-Islami Gulbuddin cell operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

e. Detainee Actions and Statements

1. The detainee commanded over 500 Taliban soldiers in Kabul.
2. The detainee fought the Northern Alliance and the Taliban as the Supreme Commander in Kabul.

f. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee survived approximately 18 bullet wounds that apparently occurred during the Russian Jihad and during his time as a Taliban Commander.
2. The detainee was told he would be turned over to the United States to provide information about enemies of the Afghanistan Government.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee has a strong desire to return home to family and find work as a laborer.

b. The detainee believes he is being treated fairly and holds no grudge against any Americans.

c. The detainee believes he was handed over to the United States Government to provide intelligence information and not for suspicion of being a terrorist.

d. The detainee claimed he is not against United States Forces and he supports the new Afghanistan Government.

e. The detainee reported a Taliban recruitment request to the legitimate regional governor as he was instructed.

f. The detainee claimed to have fought the Taliban when the Taliban threatened Kabul's interests.

g. The detainee collected weapons from his tribesmen and turned over six small cars, one truck, two mounted anti-aircraft weapons, 39 Kalashnikovs, two RPG-7s, four PKs, two 82 series machine guns and six handheld radios to the regional Governor.

h. When the United States captured Kabul, the detainee dissolved his forces and turned over his weapons and communication equipment to the new Afghanistan Government.

i. The detainee refused a Taliban request and dissolved his forces.

Transcript

Sangaryar chose to participate in his first annual Administrative Review Board hearing.

Enemy Combatant election form

Rahmatullah Sangaryar's Assisting Military Officer, consulting the Enemy Combatant election form, told the Board they met on December 20, 2005 for 55 minutes. He described Rahmatullah Sangaryar as "very polite and attentive".

Second annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for Rahmatullah Sangaryar's second annual Administrative Review Board on 20 November 2006.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. The detainee stated he was the Supreme Commander in Kabul, Afghanistan when he fought the Russians. After he finished fighting the Russians he also fought against the Taliban and the Northern Alliance. The detainee stated he was Kabul's defender during the civil war in Afghanistan and that he was not allied with any particular group. The detainee stated he simply defended Kabul's interests against any group that attacked it and he had shifting alliances with the Northern Alliance and the Taliban.
2. As of November 1999, the detainee was on the senior staff in the Taliban's Ministry of Defense as the Commander of the Tagab, Kabul Province front-line division in Afghanistan.
3. The detainee was the Taliban's National Guard Commander and was one of the Taliban commanders who deployed to the frontlines in June 2000 to supplement existing Taliban forces readying to participate in a summer offensive against the United Front in Afghanistan.
4. The detaiene became the director of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin cell operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan in November 2002.
5. Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin is described as a foreign terrorist organization that was one of the major Mujahedin groups in the war against the Soviets, has long-established ties with bin Laden, and has staged small attacks in its attempt to force United States troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration, and establish a fundaementalist state.
6. The detainee was the Taliban Commander of the Tagab and Nejrab Divisions with an estimated 1,500 soldiers including six Arab posts along the line through the Tagab and Nejrab District in Afghanistan.
7. A source stated the detainee was once a Taliban leader but became a soldier in the 40-Man unit. The source stated the detainee primarily operated against United States personnel in the Urozgan Province, Lashkar Gah, and Helmand in Afghanistan. The source stated the intent was to bomb or strike soft targets, primarily using AK-47s.
8. The detainee was a Taliban commander of over 500 Taliban soldiers in Kabul, Afghanistan.

b. Training

The detainee stated he joined the Mujahedin to fight the Soviet Union when he was very young and was trained in the use of hand grenades, rocket propelled grenades, AK-47, and machine gun.

c. Connections/Associations

The detainee stated he met the Supreme Leader of the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan in approximately 1997 when the Taliban began organizing/

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was one of the Taliban military commanders involved with the Taliban deputy leader in the coup planning against the Taliban leader.
2. The detainee was planning biological and poison attacks on United States and Coalition forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The detainee was in possession of anthrax powder and an unspecified liquid poison that he planned to distribute to al Qaeda and Taliban operatives in preparation for future attacks on United States and Coalition forces. The poison attacks were to target water sources, to include reservoirs.
3. The detainee stated a letter inviting and requesting him to travel to Quetta, Pakistan, was delivered to him to create a bad name for him in his province so he would get arrested.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee stated when he received a letter he believed was a request to come to Pakistan and fight the new government of Afghanistan. The detainee stated he had no intention of doing so.

b. When detainee was captured, he turned over a signed receipt, by the district counsel members and the commission, listing the weapons he had turned in to the Governor of the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. The following weapons had been turned in: six small cars, one truck, two mounted anti-aircraft weapons, 39 Kalashnikovs, two RPG-7s, four PK; 2 82-series machine guns, and six radios.

c. The detainee stated he was told by a governor that he needed to provide information about enemies of the Afghanistan government and that he was then turned over to the United States. The detainee stated he knows he must cooperate, and he is not upset at the United States government.

d. The detainee stated he was innocent of any wrongdoing and that he was handed over to the United States government to provide intelligence information and not for suspicion of being a terrorist.

e. The detainee stated he led many troops before the United States arrived in Afghanistan. The detainee turned over all his weapons to the United States and a governor, dismissed his troops, and sent them home. After turning in his weapons and dismissing his troops, the governor told the detainee to go home and to report any attempts to recruit him. The detainee reported ot the government the letter he received requesting he come to Pakistan and fight the new government of Afghanistan.

f. The detainee stated that if he were released he would go home ot Urusxza District of Afghanistan and work as a laborer.

Transcript

Sangaryar chose to participate in his second annual Administrative Review Board hearing.

Eight pages of letters were withheld from publication.

Repatriation

On April 30, 2008 nine Guantanamo captives were repatriated. The identity of the three Sudanese captives, and the sole Moroccan were made public on the day of their repatriation. The identity of the five Afghans did not immediately become public.

On November 25, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when captives left Guantanamo. According to that list Rahmatullah Sangaryar was repatriated on April 30, 2008, with the eight other men.

On February 3, 2009, the BBC News reported that an Afghan repatriated in the Spring of 2009, had subsequently become a senior Taliban leader in Pakistan. Unfortunately, the name the BBC reported they were told, Mullah Abdul Kayum Sakir, doesn't match the names any of the Guantanamo captives.

References

External links

• Who are the Afghans just released from Guantánamo? Andy Worthington

Abdul Razzak Hekmati

Template:Infobox WoT detainees Abdul Razzak Hekmati (c. 1929 – Template:Death date) was a citizen of Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo ISN was 942. Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts estimate he was born in 1929, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

An American military statement says he died of colorectal cancer on December 30, 2007.

Following Hekmati's death Carlotta Gall, a long-time New York Times correspondent in Afghanistan, and historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, found they were able to confirm Hekmati's alibi.

Hekmati's medical care

JTF-GTMO Commandant Mark Buzby discusses the death of Abdul Razzaq Hekmati with chief doctor Captain Bruce Meneley.Template:Citation needed

As of June 2009 six captives died while in Guantanamo. Hekmati however is the only captive who died of natural causes. In April 2008 the Adam M. Robinson, the United States Navy's Surgeon General, wrote that every captive over fifty years old had been offered a colonoscopy to detect colon cancer. Robinson reported camp medical staff had performed 20 colonoscopies.

Name issues

Abdul Razzaq Hekmati was one of half a dozen captives in US custody American intelligence analysts called some variation of "Abdul Razzak".

On all the official documents released as of February 2008 Abdul Razzaq Hekmati's name was spelled "Abdul Razzak". However Gall and Worthington found that during his entire stay in US custody American officials had been identifying him solely by his personal names. They found he was well-known, in Afghanistan, under his full name, "Abdul Razzaq Hekmati". Gall and Worthington wrote that he was widely known by the nickname "Baraso".

Combatant Status Review

Hekmati 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. The memo for his hearing lists the following allegations:

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

1. Detainee served as a Taliban driver beginning in 1992.
2. Detainee is an al Qaida facilitator and smuggler.
3. Detainee was a commander of a Taliban terrorist cell in Afghanistan.
4. Detainee conducted an escort mission for Usama bin Laden in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
5. Detainee provided goods and funding for Taliban terrorist cells in Afghanistan.
6. Detainee provided guidance in the terrorist training camp near Kandahar.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the coalition.

1. Detainee fought against United States forces in Kabul.
2. Detainee provided weapons and explosives to a Taliban terrorist cell in Afghanistan.
3. Detainee was involved in assassination attempts against Afghani government officials.

The Department of Defense released a six page summarized transcript on March 3, 2006.

Administrative Review Board

Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual 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 hearing

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his Administrative Review Board.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. The detainee said he was forced to serve the Taliban three months out of every year since they came to power in 1992 Template:Sic.
2. The detainee stated he fought with Abdul Wahed in the Russian jihad for approximately five years. He was a driver for Abdul Wahed, a commander of approsimately 800-1000 soldiers. After the jihad, Wahed became the military commander of the Helmand Province.
3. As of January 2005, Taliban fighters were regrouping at Abdul Wahid Rais Baghrani's compound in Helmand Province. The fighters received money, supplies and orders at the compound.
4. The detainee was the number two commander of a 40-man unit of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The unit was formed in approximately November 2001 and was supported by al Qaida. The group continually plans to kill Americans. The Supreme Commander of the unit was Hajji Raes Abdul Wahed Template:Sic.
5. The detainee was high in the al Qaida hierarchy and acted as a smuggler and facilitator. Al Qaida's operational leader provided him with weapons.
6. The detainee received weapons shipments, plastic explosives, night-vision equipment, missiles, small arms and ammunition from Syria. The weapons come from Syria to Zahedan, Iran. From there they were smuggled into Afghanistan.
7. The detainee aided in weapons distribution to the terrorist team. He also had a night vision and telescoping optical device to use during mission preparation. The terrorist group used it for surveillance on United States forces.

b. Training

1. The detainee reportedly attended the training camp near Khotal-e-Morcha mountain pass outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2. The detainee provided guidance at the terrorist training camp near Kandahar, Afghanistan and was directly involved in assassination attempts. He also attempted to have other personnel participate in suicide missions and he provided training on how to use explosive vests.

c. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee was originally a freedom fighter against the Soviets, a member of Hezb-E-Islami, Taliban, and then al Qaida. He is currently instructing other detainees on how to resist interrogation tactics.
2. The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) has long established ties with Usama Bin Laden. HIG has stages small attacks in its attempt to force US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration and establish a fundamentalist state.
3. In January 2005, Taliban and HIG elements in Afghanistan were beginning to regroup and plan actions against the government of Afghanistan and coalition forces deployed in the country. Abdul Wahid Rais Baghrani, also a major narcotics trafficker, was one of the key commanders involved.
4. The detainee was part of the main security escort for Usama Bin Laden.
5. The detainee provided information on a number of Taliban personalities in the Helmand Province being protected by Governor Sher Mohammed.
6. The detainee was paid to smuggle 50 Arab family members out of Afghanistan and into Zabul, Iran, through Afghanistan's Nimroz Province. He was associated with Taliban commanders.
7. The detainee admitted to having knowledge of weapons shipments and weapons smuggling routes as well as knowledge of the Jamiat Islami.
8. The Jamiat Ulema E Islami or "Assembly o the Scholars of Islam" is a radical Sunni religio-political party best known for its anti-United States threats, vocal support of Usama Bin Ladin Template:Sic, and sponsorship of some 3,000 religious schools (madrassahs).

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee was knowledgeable of an assassination plot against President Karzai the day before it occurred and knew the specific route Karzai was to take.
2. The detainee attempted to have another individual kill Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and told him he would go directly to heave if he completed the attack.
3. In 2002, the detainee told another individual that there were still suicide pilots in the United States who could carry out their missions.
4. The detainee planned and executed the escape of Ismail Khan from a Taliban prison.
5. Ismail Khan is an exiled Afghan commander.
6. The detainee was arrested as a suspected member of Abdul Wahed's Taliban organization on 21 January 2003.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee says that the Taliban is a stupid organization.

b. The detainee vehemently denies that he is currently associated with the Taliban.

c. The detainee claims he is not a Taliban member.

Transcript

Hekmati chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.

Second annual Administrative Review Board hearing

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his second annual Administrative Review Board on August 5, 2006.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Commitment

1. The detianee said he was forced to serve the Taliban three months out of every year since they came to power in 1992.
2. The detainee was a driver and fought in the Russian jihad for a commander of approximately 800 to 1000 soldiers. The commander became a military commander in Afghanistan after the jihad.
3. A source stated that Taliban fighters go to the military commander's compound in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The fighters receive money, supplies and orders at the compound.

b. Training

1. A source stated that the detainee was involved in a terrorist training camp near Khotal-e-Morcha mountain pass outside of Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2. A source stated that the detainee was directly involved in assassination attempts. The source stated that the detainee also attempted to have other personnel participated in suicide missions. The detainee provided training on how to use explosive vests.

c. Connections/Associations

1. A source stated that the detainee was originally a freedom fighter against the Soviets, a member of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has staged small attacks in its attempts to force United States troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration and establish a fundamentalist state. Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has long-established ties with Usama bin Laden.
2. The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has staged small attacks in its attempt to force United States troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, overthrow the Afghan Transitional Administration and establish a fundamentalist state. Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin has long established ties with Usama bin Laden.
3. A source stated that the detainee was part of the main security escort for Usama bin Laden.
4. A source stated that the detainee was paid to smuggle 50 Arab family members out of Afghanist and into Zabul, Iran through Afghanistan's Nimroz Province.
5. A source stated that the detainee was high in the al Qaida hierarchy and acted as a smuggler and facilitator. The detainee received money and weapons from Syria. The source stated that al Qaida's operational leader provided weapons to the detainee.
6. The detainee provided details of weapons shipments and weapons smuggling routes of Jamiat Islami.
7. The Jamiat Ulema e Islami is a radical Sunni religious-political party best known for its anti-United States threats, vocal support of Usama bin Ladin and sponsorship of some 3,000 religious schools.
8. The detainee was identified as a senior leader of a 40-man unit for the Taliban in Afghanistan. A source stated that the unit receives money, weapons and support from al Qaida and continually plans to kill Americans.
9. A source stated that the detainee was the number two commander of the unit and also the Taliban Supreme Commander in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
10. The detainee stated that the 40-man unit's commander gave the detainee his satellite phone number so President Karzai could contact the 40-man unit's commander and order him to turn in the rest of his weapons if President Karzai desired it.
11. A source stated that the 40 man units' leaders stayed in a contact through satellite telephones.
12. The detainee was detained as a suspected member of a Taliban organization.

d. Other Relevant Data

1. The detainee helped an individual escapt from a Ministry of Intelligence Prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
2. The individual is an exiled Afghan commander.
3. In early 2004, the exiled Afghan commander was known to have distributed approximately 40,000 small arms of unknown origin to former mujahedin fighters and personal associates located in Herat Province, Afghanistan.
4. A source stated that the detainee received weapons shipments, plastic explosives, night-vision equipment, missiles, small arms and ammunition from Syria. The weapons come form Sytia to Zahedan, Iran and were smuggled into Afghanistan.
5. A source stated that military weapons were delivered to the detainee who aided in its distribution to a terrorist team. The source stated that the detainee also had a night vision and telescoping optical device to use during mission preparation and for surveillance on United States Forces.
6. A source stated that the detaioee was knowledgeable of an assassiation plot against President Karzai the day before it occurred.
7. On 2 November 2001, source indicated that senior Taliban officials were extremely concerned about stopping opposition leader Hamid Karzai. During conversation between the detainee and a senior Taliban leader, they discussed the fact that Karzai had escapted a Taliban attack.
8. A source stated that the detainee attempted to have two other individuals kill the Kandahar, Afghanistan Governor.
9. A source stated that in 2002, the detainee claimed that there were still suicide pilots in the United States who could carry out their missions.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee claims he is not a Taliban member.

b. The detainee vehemently denies that he is currently associated with the Taliban.

c. The detainee states that the Taliban is a stupid organization.

d. An individual that was part of a 40-man team was under the command of Abdul Razaq Template:Sic.

e. The individual described Abdbul Razaq Template:Sic as having dark eyes, a full beard, and taller than himself. The individual claims this Abdul Razaq Template:Sic is not the same person as the detainee.

New York Times' profile

On February 5, 2008 New York Times writer Carlotta Gall and historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, published a profile of Hekmati. Gall and Worthington noted:

"... the Americans on his tribunal and review boards seemed unaware of how significant the prison break was, or how important were the men he had helped escape and whom he had asked to be called as witnesses."

Gall and Worthington described the prison break as such a "deep humiliation" for the Taliban; that they had offered a bounty of one million dollars.

Gall and Worthington had no trouble contacting the three Northern Alliance leaders he helped rescue. They pointed out that although Hekmati had requested the leaders as witnesses, he was told they were not reasonably available.

When Gall and Worthington contacted the leaders, they found that none of them had been invited to offer testimony on Hekmati's behalf. Furthermore, the leaders said they had been aware that Hekmati had been sent to Guantanamo, and had made efforts to get him released. Ismail Khan, Minister of Energy, asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and American Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, for help getting Hekmati released. They quoted Zahir:

“We did try but it was not working. When they are sending someone to Guantánamo, they have their own rules.”

References

External links

• Afghan hero who died in Guantánamo: the background to the story Andy Worthington March 8, 2008

Abdul Ghani

Template:Infobox WoT detainees Abdul Ghani is a citizen of Afghanistan, currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. Abdul Ghani's Guantanamo 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 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

Template:Infobox WoT detainees Azimullah is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1050. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in North Waziristan, 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 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 court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published an eight page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Administrative Review Board

Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual 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 court order from 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 Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, reports that Azimullah was released in September 2007.

As of March 18, 2008 the 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 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 Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul.

References

External links

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

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