Asadullah Jan is a citizen of
Pakistan
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who was held in
extrajudicial detention
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in the
United States
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's
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in
Cuba
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His Guantanamo
Internment Serial Number An Internment Serial Number (ISN) is an identification number assigned to captives who come under control of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) during armed conflicts.
History
On March 3, 2006, in compliance with a court order from ...
was 47.
Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimate he was born in 1981. However, he says he was only sixteen when he was captured in 2001.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert he is a citizen of Pakistan. He said he was a child of Afghan refugees, who was born in Pakistan.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert his name was "Asad Ullah". However, in interviews with reporters with the ''
McClatchy News Service
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'' in 2008, he said his name was "Asadullah Jan".
He was repatriated July 16, 2003.
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McClatchy News Service interview
On June 15, 2008, the
McClatchy News Service
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published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.
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Asadullah Jan
was one of three former captives who had an article profiling him.
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Asadullah Jan explained that he was returning from a visit to relatives in
Zormat
Zurmat ( ps, زرمت) is the main town of Zurmat District in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Zurmat is the largest city of Paktia Province, while Zurmat District, with a population of 109,805, is also the most populous district of the province. when he was stopped at a checkpoint in
Kohat, Pakistan
Kohat ( ps, کوهاټ; ur, ) is a city that serves as the capital of the Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is regarded as a centre of the Bangash tribe of Pashtuns, who have lived in the region since the late 15th centur ...
and apprehended around the time of
Ramadan in 2001.
[Ramadan coincided with November in 2001.]
He was held in Pakistan, for approximately a month before his first interrogation by Americans.
His first interview was by a woman and two men, in civilian clothes, at the Pakistani jail.[
His interpreter said they were with the ]CIA
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, although they didn't identify themselves. He told his McClatchy interviewer their questions surprised him—apparently Pakistani security officials had told them he was a son of Osama bin Laden. The CIA officials had him transferred to US custody in the Kandahar detention facility
Kandahar Central Jail, also known as Sarpuza Prison or Sarposa Prison, is a minimum security prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan. It has been historically used for the incarceration of common criminals of Kandahar Province. In the last two decades, the ...
. Guards beat him brutally upon his arrival, and routinely beat him and other captives, while he was detained there. His interrogators however never beat him. He described the conditions in the camp as primitive:
Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he personally saw a guard drop a Koran into a latrine.[
Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he was plagued by memories of Guantanamo, that mention of the USA would bring back troubling recollections.][
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See also
* Minors detained in the War on Terror
References
External links
The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (3) – “Osama’s Bodyguards”
Andy Worthington
McClatchy News Service - video
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Guantanamo detainees known to have been released
Living people
1985 births