Abdul Majid Khan (detainee) explained

Abdul Majid Khan
Date Of Arrest:2008-03
Place Of Arrest:Qalat District, Zabul Province
Detained At:Bagram
Id Number:3510

On January 15, 2010, the US Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility that included the name Hajj Abdul Majid Khan.[1] [2] [3]

According to historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, he is alleged to be an improvised explosive device facilitator captured in Qalat district, Zabul Province.[3] He was reported to have "planned and conducted IED attacks against Coalition forces, harbored and facilitated suicide bombers and raised finances for Taliban operations.”[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bagram detainees . . 2009-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100124143455/http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/bagramdetainees.pdf . 2010-01-24 . dead.
  2. News: Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List . . 2010-01-19 . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . https://web.archive.org/web/20100123162707/http://www.truthout.org/dark-revelations-bagram-prisoner-list56189 . 2010-01-23 . dead.
  3. News: Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version) . 2010-01-26 . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . https://web.archive.org/web/20100131233933/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/bagram-the-first-ever-prisoner-list-the-annotated-version/ . 2010-01-31 . A man of this name was detained in March 2008 . dead.
  4. News: Detained Zabul province militant identified . . 2008-04-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315021326/http://www.cjtf82.com/press-releases-mainmenu-326/605-detained-zabul-province-militant-identified.html . 2012-03-15 . Coalition forces have released the identity of an insurgent detained during an operation conducted last month to disrupt militant operations in Zabul province. The insurgent, Hajji Abdul Majid Khan, was apprehended during the operation in Qalat District. Khan, 55, was detained March 3 during an operation targeting him. Khan, aka Majid Khan, was a Taliban financier and IED facilitator in Zabul province. He is known to have planned and conducted IED attacks against Coalition forces, harbored and facilitated suicide bombers and raised finances for Taliban operations. . dead.
    Comment: Majid Khan (detainee) was born 1980. This guy was born 1953.

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