Mohammad Fazil

Mullah Mohammad Fazil is an Afghan currently held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States's.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 7. American intelligence analysts estimate that Fazil was born in 1967, in Charchno, Afghanistan

As of August 12, 2011, Mullah Mohammad Fazl has been held at Guantanamo for nine years seven months.^[2]

Background

Fazil is alleged to have served as the Taliban's former deputy defense minister.^{[not in citation given][3][dead link][4]} Although he negotiated an amnesty with Afghan Northern Alliance leader General Dostum.^[5]

Held abord the USS Bataan

Former TlibnAmbassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef described being flown to the United States Navy's amphibious warfare vessel, the USS Bataan, for special interrogation.^[6] Zaeef wrote that the cells were located six decks down, were only 1 meter by 2 meters. He wrote that the captives weren't allowed to speak with one another, but that he "eventually saw that Mullahs Fazal, Noori, Burhan, Wasseeq Sahib and Rohani were all among the other prisoners." Historian Andy Worthington, author of the The Guantanamo Files, identified Fazil as one of the men Zaeef recognized.

References

1. ^ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "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. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
2. ^ "Mullah Mohammad Fazl - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/7-mullah-mohammad-fazl. 
3. ^ Edward Cody (2001-12-24). "If Able, Pakistan to Hand U.S. Bin Laden: Musharraf Makes Pledge as Troops Scour Border, but Says Fugitive May Be Dead". Washington Post. p. A10. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A19106-2001Dec23&notFound=true. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
4. ^ "Afghans praise, Pakistanis slam Guantanamo list". World Uyghur Congress. 2006-04-28. http://www.uyghurcongress.org/En/news.asp?ItemID=108672780&pcid=1110134820&cid=803688565&archive=yes. Retrieved 2009-07-18. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ Justin Huggler (2001-11-25). "Taliban defect but foreigners pledge to fight to the death: Siege of Kunduz - Victory appears close but fears mount that standoff could still end in bloodbath". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taliban-defect-but-foreigners-pledge-to-fight-to-the-death-618056.html. Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
6. ^ Abdul Salam Zaeef (2010). "Torture and Abuse on the USS Bataan and in Bagram and Kandahar: An Excerpt from "My Life with the Taliban" by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef". Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.andyworthington.co.uk%2F2010%2F12%2F12%2Ftorture-and-abuse-on-the-uss-bataan-and-in-bagram-and-kandahar-an-excerpt-from-my-life-with-the-taliban-by-mullah-abdul-salam-zaeef%2F&date=2010-12-16. "We were not permitted to talk to each other, but could see one another while the food was handed to us. I eventually saw that Mullahs Fazal, Noori, Burhan, Wasseeq Sahib and Rohani were all among the other prisoners, but still we could not talk to each other." 

External links

• Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Two: Captured in Afghanistan (2001) Andy Worthington, September 17, 2010

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Name	Fazil, Mullah Mohammad
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Short description	People held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Date of birth	1967
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