Mirza Mohammed
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Mirza Mohammed 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 644.
American intelligence analysts estimate Mirza Mohammed was born in 1964, in Gorband, Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense
published a list on November 26, 2008, of all the captives who had been released or transferred from Guantanamo, or died in custody, as of October 8, 2008.
According to that list he was released with seventeen other men:
Solaiman Dur Mohammed Shah
,
Sharghulab Mirmuhammad,
Ezat Khan,
Yarass Ali Must,
Ehsanullah,
Nassir Malang,
Mohammed Sargidene,
Abdullah Edmondada,
Murtazah Abdul Rahman,
Shaibjan Torjan,
Shai Jahn Ghafoor
,
Badshah Wali,
Neyaz Walijan,
Mohamed Kabel,
Bismillah,
Said Abasin
, and
Alif Khan
.
He and the other seventeen men he was repatriated with were released from Afghan custody on March 26, 2003.
Marc Kaufmann, of the Washington Post interviewed some of the seventeen other men he was repatriated with.
He reported they had each been issued a set of American style clothes, American running shoes, an American gym bag, and their medical records.
He reported that the men had to rely on charity to get home.
He reported that some of the men described brutal treatment and Koran desecration.
According to Kaufmann, the eighteen men were issued a "certificate of innocence".
Ghorband District
Parvan Province
, 40 miles north of Kabul, was waiting in Kabul, hoping that Mirza was one of the 18 Afghans the USA repatriated on March 22, 2003.
Wali said he had received a letter, through the Red Cross, where Mirza said he had been told he would be released soon.
According to Wali Mirza was forcibly conscripted by the Taliban, as their regime collapsed, just five days prior to his capture by the Northern Alliance.
Wali said that Mirza was 30 years old, and supported a wife and two children.
i custody together with six other men, including three senior Taliban.
The other six men are
Mullah
Yahya,
Mullah
Suleman,
Qari Samiullah,
Abdul Karim
,
Faizullah and
Farooq Khan
.
Yahya was the Taliban's administrative chief of the Khewa and Darinoor districts.
Suleman was a lieutenant of Maulvi
Kabir, the Taliban's Governor of Nangarhar.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 644.
American intelligence analysts estimate Mirza Mohammed was born in 1964, in Gorband, Afghanistan.
Transfer from Guantanamo
Mirza Mohammed was one of the first captives to be repatriated from Guantanamo.The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published a list on November 26, 2008, of all the captives who had been released or transferred from Guantanamo, or died in custody, as of October 8, 2008.
According to that list he was released with seventeen other men:
Solaiman Dur Mohammed Shah
Solaiman Dur Mohammed Shah
Solaiman Dur Mohammed Shah is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 119....
,
Sharghulab Mirmuhammad,
Ezat Khan,
Yarass Ali Must,
Ehsanullah,
Nassir Malang,
Mohammed Sargidene,
Abdullah Edmondada,
Murtazah Abdul Rahman,
Shaibjan Torjan,
Shai Jahn Ghafoor
Shai Jahn Ghafoor
Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar was an Afghan who was held by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 363....
,
Badshah Wali,
Neyaz Walijan,
Mohamed Kabel,
Bismillah,
Said Abasin
Said Abasin
Said Abasin 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 671....
, and
Alif Khan
Alif Khan
Alif Khan 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 673.He was repatriated on 23 March 2003....
.
He and the other seventeen men he was repatriated with were released from Afghan custody on March 26, 2003.
Marc Kaufmann, of the Washington Post interviewed some of the seventeen other men he was repatriated with.
He reported they had each been issued a set of American style clothes, American running shoes, an American gym bag, and their medical records.
He reported that the men had to rely on charity to get home.
He reported that some of the men described brutal treatment and Koran desecration.
According to Kaufmann, the eighteen men were issued a "certificate of innocence".
Letter received in February 2003
The New York Times reports that Mirza Mohammed 's brother, Wali Mohammed, a farmer fromGhorband District
Ghorband District
Ghorband District is a district of Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Ghorband is located in the southern foothills of Hindu Kush and forms the western boundary of the ancient valley of Koh Daman. It is located 50 km from Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The capital lies at Syahgerd, also known as...
Parvan Province
Parvan Province
Parwān , also spelled Parvān, once also the name of an ancient town in the Hindu Kush mountains, is today an administrative province in northern Afghanistan, directly north of Kabul Province...
, 40 miles north of Kabul, was waiting in Kabul, hoping that Mirza was one of the 18 Afghans the USA repatriated on March 22, 2003.
Wali said he had received a letter, through the Red Cross, where Mirza said he had been told he would be released soon.
According to Wali Mirza was forcibly conscripted by the Taliban, as their regime collapsed, just five days prior to his capture by the Northern Alliance.
Wali said that Mirza was 30 years old, and supported a wife and two children.
Release from Pakistani custody
Afghan news reports state that Mirza Mohammed was released from PakistanPakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i custody together with six other men, including three senior Taliban.
The other six men are
Mullah
Mullah
Mullah is generally used to refer to a Muslim man, educated in Islamic theology and sacred law. The title, given to some Islamic clergy, is derived from the Arabic word مَوْلَى mawlā , meaning "vicar", "master" and "guardian"...
Yahya,
Mullah
Mullah
Mullah is generally used to refer to a Muslim man, educated in Islamic theology and sacred law. The title, given to some Islamic clergy, is derived from the Arabic word مَوْلَى mawlā , meaning "vicar", "master" and "guardian"...
Suleman,
Qari Samiullah,
Abdul Karim
Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520)
Abdul Karim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in Sangin, Afghanistan....
,
Faizullah and
Farooq Khan
Farooq Khan
Farooq Khan may refer to:* Faruk Khan, Bangladesh politician* Farooq Khan , released from Pakistani custody in 2005...
.
Yahya was the Taliban's administrative chief of the Khewa and Darinoor districts.
Suleman was a lieutenant of Maulvi
Maulvi
Mawlawi is an honorific Islamic religious title given to Sunni Muslim religious scholars or Ulema preceding their names, similar to the titles Maulana, Mullah, or Shaykh. Mawlawi generally means highly-qualified Islamic scholar...
Kabir, the Taliban's Governor of Nangarhar.