Abdul Rahman Noorani Explained

Abdul Rahman Noorani
Arrest Date:January 2002
Arrest Place:Pakistan
Arresting Authority:Pakistan Armed Forces
Release Place:Afghanistan
Citizenship:Afghanistan
Detained At:Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Id Number:582
Status:Repatriated

Abdul Rahman Noorani is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Internment Serial Number was 582.

He was repatriated on July 16, 2003.[2]

Claims he "returned to the fight"

The Defense Intelligence Agency would later assert that during an Al Jazeera interview from October 7, 2001, he was identified as the “deputy defense minister of the Taliban.” He had been arrested by Pakistani troops and handed over to US forces.The DIA would also identify him later as a "former Guantanamo captive who returned to the fight":[3]

References

  1. Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. OARDEC. United States Department of Defense. 2006-05-15. 2007-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184034/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. 30 September 2007. live. OARDEC.
  2. News: Abdul Rahman Noorani - The Guantánamo Docket. The New York Times. 18 May 2021.
  3. News: U.S. Says 6 Ex-Gitmo Detainees Active. 2007-05-15. Mike Melia. San Francisco Chronicle. https://archive.today/20090526211823/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/15/international/i170726D11.DTL&type=politics. 2009-05-26 . dead.