Rahmatullah Hanefi

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

Rahmatullah Hanefi is a citizen of Afghanistan.^[1] Rahmatullah was worked for an Italian charity named "Emergency", where he was the director of a Hospital the charity ran.

1 Rescue of Gabriele Torsello
2 Rescue of Daniele Mastrogiacomo
3 Captured on suspicions of collusion with the Taliban
4 References

[edit] Rescue of Gabriele Torsello

Rahmatullah successfully negotiated the release of Gabriele Torsello, an Italian taken hostage in Octoberr 2006.^[1] The Independent reports that Rahmatullah carried a $2 million ransom to secured Torsello's release.

[edit] Rescue of Daniele Mastrogiacomo

Daniele Mastrogiacomo, an Italian journalist, was taken hostage by the Taliban, on March 5, 2007.. Rahmatullah was called upon to negotiate his release.

[edit] Captured on suspicions of collusion with the Taliban

After Mastrogiacomo's release Rahmatullah was taken into custody by Afghan authorities.^[1]

Gino Strada, the founder of Emergency, spoke out on Rahmatullah's behalf:^[1]

"These insinuations are completely infamous and unfounded. It's the first time in history that when an exchange of prisoners takes place because the two sides decide to trust someone to carry the operation through that that person is then himself arrested. Two people are responsible for this outrage: Hamid Karzai and Romano Prodi ... I would have expected an immediate declaration of Rahmatullah Hanefi's trustworthiness by the Italian government."