Qari Esmhatulla
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Qari Esmhatulla is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was held in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
Esmhatulla's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 591.
The Department of Defense
's official list of detainee names released on May 15, 2006 estimates that Esmhatulla was born in 1984 in Ramsha, Pakistan but Esmhatulla stated he was only sixteen when he was captured.
Qari Esmhatulla was captured in Afghanistan in March 2002 and transferred to Afghanistan on October 11, 2006.
Reports quoted Esmhatulla testifying that he served with the Taliban for just four days, and that he joined up to help his fellow Pashtun
speaker fight the Persian
speaking tribes from the north, where the Northern Alliance was based, that he had not joined to fight Americans.Guantanamo Bay: The testimony, BBC
, March 4, 2006
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 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...
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Esmhatulla's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 591.
The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
's official list of detainee names released on May 15, 2006 estimates that Esmhatulla was born in 1984 in Ramsha, Pakistan but Esmhatulla stated he was only sixteen when he was captured.
Qari Esmhatulla was captured in Afghanistan in March 2002 and transferred to Afghanistan on October 11, 2006.
Reports quoted Esmhatulla testifying that he served with the Taliban for just four days, and that he joined up to help his fellow Pashtun
Pashto language
Pashto , known as Afghani in Persian and Pathani in Punjabi , is the native language of the indigenous Pashtun people or Afghan people who are found primarily between an area south of the Amu Darya in Afghanistan and...
speaker fight the Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
speaking tribes from the north, where the Northern Alliance was based, that he had not joined to fight Americans.Guantanamo Bay: The testimony, BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, March 4, 2006
External links
- The Pentagon Can’t Count: 22 Juveniles Held at Guantánamo Andy Worthington