Fazal Mohammad

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Mullah Fazal Mohammad is a citizen of Afghanistan, and alleged Taliban commander, captured on November 25, 2001.[1][2][3][4]

Fazal Mohammed is notable due to the allegation that he was a Taliban commander.[1] He was one of the speackers who addressed an outdoor rally in support of the Taliban on November 9, 2001.[5][6]

According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Fazal Mohammed was captured in the Taliban office, in Soldier Bazaar, Karachi, where officials seized nineteen other individuals, "relief goods, documents, and aid money".[2]

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported, on July 28, 2002 that thirty-year old Fazal Mohammed was released from a US prison near Kandahar due to failing health.[1] A Pakistani doctor who examined him said he had lost most of his vision.

Fazal Mohammad claimed that he and other captives in Kandahar were subjected to sexual abuse and ferocious dogs.[1] Their wounds and other medical conditions were left untreated, and they were fed starvation rations.

Fazal Mohammad reported that the Kandahar prison had held approximately 300 other inmates, including former Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil, his spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen, Mutawakil's spokesman, and , former Herat governor Maulawi Khairullah Khairkhawa

In 2005 an individual named Fazal Mohammad was elected to the Kandahar Provincial Council.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Taliban prisoner claims sex abuse in Afghan jail", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sunday, July 28, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-7-3. 
  2. ^ a b "KARACHI: Taliban office sealed, 20 held", Dawn (newspaper), November 25, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-02. 
  3. ^ "Taleban prisoner cites abuse in Afghan jail", Khaleej Times, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-12-02. 
  4. ^ Taliban prisoners allege torture, Afghan intelligence denies torturing. page 9. United Nations Human Rights Commission UNCHR (July 27, 2002). Retrieved on 2007-12-02.
  5. ^ "KARACHI: Govt’s Afghan policy criticized", Dawn (newspaper), November 10, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-02. 
  6. ^ "KARACHI: Rally condemns US bombings", Dawn (newspaper), November 6, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-02. 
  7. ^ "Wolesi Jirga & Provincial Council Elections Afghanistan 2005 Elections". Retrieved on 2008-06-10.  mirror