Haroon al-Afghani

Haroon al-Afghani is a captive held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.cite news
url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/06/afghan-terror-suspect-transferred-to.php
date=Friday, June 22, 2007
publisher=The Jurist
title=Afghan terror suspect transferred to Guantanamo Bay prison
author=Gabriel Haboubi
accessdate=2007-06-22]

On June 22, 2007, the United States Department of Defense acknowledged transferring Haroon al-Afghani to Guantanamo.cite news
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11041
title=Terror Suspect Transferred To Guantanamo
publisher=Department of Defense
date=Friday, June 22, 2007
accessdate=2007-06-22] cite news
url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4912267.html
publisher=Houston Chronicle
date=June 22, 2007
title=U.S. says Afghan prison not meant to be Gitmo alternative
author=Deb Reichman
accessdate=2007-06-22] cite news
url=http://news.indiainfo.com/2007/06/23/guantanamo.html
title=Afghan insurgent commander lands in Guantanamo
date=Saturday, June 23, 2007
publisher=Indiainfo
accessdate=2007-06-22]

The DoD claims that he is al al Qaida courier, and "There is significant information available that Haroon al-Afghani is a senior commander of Hezb-e-Islami/Gulbuddin."

According to DoD spokesman Bryan Whitman: quotation
*"He commanded multiple HiG terrorist cells, conducted IED (improvised explosive device) attacks in Nangarhar province, and is assessed to have regular contact with senior Al-Qaeda and HiG leadership,"

*"He may have additional information with respect to ongoing Al-Qaeda operations, and may have information that is useful to us in thwarting future attacks."

*"Remember that Guantanamo serves a number of functions. One is its an intelligence center as well as a detention facility, and its a place where we have built the structure and capacity to try people for ... War crimes through the military commission process."

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