Abdullah Mujahid is a citizen of
Afghanistan who is still held in
extrajudicial detention after being transferred from
United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in
Cuba — to an
Afghan prison.
His Guantanamo
Internment Serial Number was 1100.
According to the
Associated Press the allegations against Mujahid, in his
Combatant Status Review Tribunal, state Mujahid was head of security for the city of
Gardez and for
Paktia province.,
WTOP, March 15, 2006He was accused of ties to al Qaeda and of attacking U.S. forces, and was arrested in July 2003.
Mujahid claimed he was loyal to the coalition.
Background
Abdullah Mujahid is militia leader from Afghanistan's
Tajik ethnic group, who rose up against the Taliban in the closing days of its administration of Afghanistan.The
Afghanistan Transitional Authority rewarded Mujahid, and other militia leaders who had risen up against the Taliban, with the control of security forces. Both Mujahid and
Pacha Khan Zadran, a
Pashtun from the
Zadran tribe, were rewarded with security appointments in
Paktia province.
Mujahid and Zadran struggled to consolidate greater shares of control over Paktia's security forces.Mujahid and Zadran's forces were reported to have engaged in gun battles during their disputes....
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