Abdul Majid Khan (detainee)

Abdul Majid Khan
Born 1953 (age 63–64)
Arrested 2008-03
Qalat District, Zabul Province
Detained at Bagram
ISN 3510

On January 15, 2010, the US Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility that included the name Hajj Abdul Majid Khan.[1][2][3]

According to historian Andy Worthington, author of the The Guantanamo Files, he is alleged to be an improvised explosive device facilitator captured in Qalat district, Zabul Province.[3] He was reported to have "planned and conducted IED attacks against Coalition forces, harbored and facilitated suicide bombers and raised finances for Taliban operations.”[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Bagram detainees" (PDF). Department of Defense. 2009-09-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-17.
  2. ↑ Andy Worthington (2010-01-19). "Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List". truthout. Archived from the original on 2010-01-25.
  3. 1 2 Andy Worthington (2010-01-26). "Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version)". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. A man of this name was detained in March 2008
  4. ↑ "Detained Zabul province militant identified". CJTF 82. 2008-04-30. Archived from the original on 2010-01-28. Coalition forces have released the identity of an insurgent detained during an operation conducted last month to disrupt militant operations in Zabul province. The insurgent, Hajji Abdul Majid Khan, was apprehended during the operation in Qalat District. Khan, 55, was detained March 3 during an operation targeting him. Khan, aka Majid Khan, was a Taliban financier and IED facilitator in Zabul province. He is known to have planned and conducted IED attacks against Coalition forces, harbored and facilitated suicide bombers and raised finances for Taliban operations.
    Comment: Majid Khan (detainee) was born 1980. This guy was born 1953.


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