Parkhudin
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Parkhudin is a citizen of Afghanistan
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the Bagram Collection Point, and the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 896.
Tim Golden, of the New York Times, interviewed him when he broke the story of the beating deaths of Habibullah
and Dilawar in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
in 2005.
, were passengers in Dilawar's jitney taxi.
The four men were captured by Jan Baz Khan, an Afghan militia leader who had a contract to provide security for Forward Operating Base Salerno.
Jan told his American contacts that the four men were responsible for a salvo of missiles that were fired at the base.
The men were turned over the Americans in early December 2002. They described spending their first days in captivity isolated from other captives, with their heads covered by a hood, to disorient them, and with their hands shackled to the ceiling, suspending them in a "stress position
". Passing GIs would lash out and strike them with unexpected blows.
Dilawar died of this treatment, less than a week after their arrival.
Parkhudin, Abdur Rahim, and Zakim Shah, survived, and were transferred to Guantanamo on March 23, 2003. They spent almost a year in Guantanamo on March 14, 2004.
Golden reported that by January 2003, less than two months after Jan Baz Khan turned them over US forces, American intelligence analysts concluded that Dilawar and his three passengers were innocent victims of Jan Baz Khan; that Jan Baz Khan's forces had launched the missile salvo.
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 Bagram Collection Point, and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, 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 896.
Tim Golden, of the New York Times, interviewed him when he broke the story of the beating deaths of Habibullah
Habibullah
Mullah Habibullah was an Afghan who died while in US custody on December 4, 2002.His death was one of those classed as a homicide, though the initial military statement described his death as due to natural causes.Habibullah's brother was a Taliban leader....
and Dilawar in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
The Parwan Detention Facility , also called the Bagram Theater Internment Facility, is a United States-run prison located next to Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan.It was formerly known as the Bagram Collection Point...
in 2005.
Capture
Parkhudin, and two other men, Abdur Rahim, and Zakim ShahZakim Shah
Zakim Shah was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 898.JTF-GTMO estimates that he was born in 1983, inTora Oba, Afghanistan.-Capture:...
, were passengers in Dilawar's jitney taxi.
The four men were captured by Jan Baz Khan, an Afghan militia leader who had a contract to provide security for Forward Operating Base Salerno.
Jan told his American contacts that the four men were responsible for a salvo of missiles that were fired at the base.
The men were turned over the Americans in early December 2002. They described spending their first days in captivity isolated from other captives, with their heads covered by a hood, to disorient them, and with their hands shackled to the ceiling, suspending them in a "stress position
Stress Position
"Stress Position" is a fourth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It reintroduces Detective Mike Logan back into the Law & Order franchise.-Plot summary:...
". Passing GIs would lash out and strike them with unexpected blows.
Dilawar died of this treatment, less than a week after their arrival.
Parkhudin, Abdur Rahim, and Zakim Shah, survived, and were transferred to Guantanamo on March 23, 2003. They spent almost a year in Guantanamo on March 14, 2004.
Golden reported that by January 2003, less than two months after Jan Baz Khan turned them over US forces, American intelligence analysts concluded that Dilawar and his three passengers were innocent victims of Jan Baz Khan; that Jan Baz Khan's forces had launched the missile salvo.