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Mahajir Ziarahman
On January 15, 2010, the 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 Mahajir Ziarahman. There were 645 names on the list, which was dated September 22, 2009, and was heavily redacted. Mahajir Ziarahman was apprehended on April 25, 2008, together with his older brother Baitullah Ziarahman, Baitullah, in Sabari district, Khost. The two men were alleged to have been members of the "Haqqani network" and to have been part of a cell that emplaced improvised explosive devices. Historian Andy Worthington, author of ''The Guantanamo Files'', asserted that while the Mahajir Ziarahman is the individual still in Bagram, "it is not known what happened to Baitullah." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziarahman, Mahajir 1985 births Living people Bagram Theater Internment Facility detainees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khost
Khōst ( ps, خوست) is the capital of Khost Province in Afghanistan. It is the largest city in the southeastern part of the country, and also the largest in the region of Loya Paktia. To the south and east of Khost lie Waziristan and Kurram in Pakistan. Khost is the home of Shaikh Zayed University. Khost Airport serves the city as well as the larger region surrounding the city. On 15 August 2021, Khost was seized by Taliban fighters, becoming the twenty-eighth provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban as part of the wider 2021 Taliban offensive. Geography Khost is located about 150 kilometres south of Kabul. Khost lies on a plateau of minimally altitude that extends to the East for about until the Pakistan border. Thirty km to the North the peaks rise up to while farther South near the border, the average is around 1,800 m. Climate Khost has a semi-arid climate (Köppen ''BSk'' though very close to qualifying as ''BSh''). Khost is located in the "Khost Bowl", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
