Mullah Rahmatullah

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There are mulitple individuals named Rahmatullah who intelligence analysts assert are associated with the Taliban.

Eleven men were rounded up in the area of a skirmish outside the village of Lejay, Afghanistan, on February 10, 2003.

[edit] Hafizullah and Rahmatullah

Two captives named Hafizullah and Rahmatullah were among the men taken from a jitney taxi that was traveling on the main highway that passes through Lejay ended up in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1]

The allegations that Hafizullah faced included:

Two of the individuals arrested at the checkpoint along with the detainee included Rahmatullah and Bari Dad ^[sic] . Both were wearing green jackets and were suffering from hearing loss.
Mullah Rahmatullah ^[sic] attended a meeting in May 2002, led by an Iranian and senior Taliban officials in Helmand Province, to discuss military operations against the Afghan Interim Administration and plans to derail the Loya Jirga Process.

When the Department of Defense was forced to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request, and release information about the Guantanamo captives, they revealed a list of their names, and estimated ages.^[2] The estimated date of birth of the individual named Rahmatullah, captured with Hafizullah, was 1981.

[edit] Alif Mohammed and Ramatullah

Another captive apprehended on February 10, 2003 was Lejah's smith, Alif Mohammed.^[3] The allegations he faced asserted he had fought against the Soviets against a Mullah Nasim, who, in turn had served under a commander Ramatullah "of the Afghan National Army 865th Brigade".