Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi is a citizen of Afghanistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
| Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979 (age 44–45) Kunduz, Afghanistan |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 222 |
| Status | Released |
Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate that Al Kunduzi was born in 1979, in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
The Chicago Tribune reports that although he was born in Afghanistan he lived most of his life in Saudi Arabia, where his parents were guest workers, before he returned to Afghanistan in 2001.[2]
Release
editAs of 2007, Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi has been released from Guantanamo Bay[3][4]
On November 25, 2008 the Department of Defense published a list of when Guantanamo captives were repatriated.[4] According to that list he was repatriated on December 12, 2007.
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.[5]
Post-detention life
editThe Chicago Tribune profiled Al Kunduzi on March 4, 2009.[2] The article reported Afghan authorities detained him for a further four months after his repatriation. The article reported that Al Kunduzi acknowledged being present in Tora Bora as the Taliban regime collapsed. He told his interviewer that because he had been detained in Guantanamo he could not find work, and that former associates of his who remained loyal to the Taliban were pressuring him to join them.
When I say I am vulnerable, understand this—the policy of those on the other side is, 'You're with me, or you're against me.' One day, finally, they will come after me. That's why I want to disappear.
References
edit- ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ a b Kim Barker (2009-03-04). "Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees fighting to fit in and feeling the pull to join the Taliban or Al Qaeda". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ "The Stories of the Afghans Just Released from Guantánamo: Intelligence Failures, Battlefield Myths and Unaccountable Prisons in Afghanistan (Part One)". Andy Worthington. Retrieved 2008-09-17.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
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"International Travel" (PDF). Center for Constitutional Rights. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
CCR attorney Pardiss Kebriaei traveled to Kabul to follow the situation of Guantánamo prisoners being returned to Afghanistan. Since April 2007, all such prisoners have been sent to a U.S.-built detention facility within the Soviet era Pule-charkhi prison located outside Kabul.