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Abdul Ghani is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 943. American intelligence analysts estimates that he was born in 1983 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Abdul Ghani was captured in Afghanistan and transferred to Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2007.^[2]

[edit] Identity

Guantanamo held another detainee named Abdul Ghani.^[1] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 934. American intelligence analysts estimated he was born in 1972. This other Abdul Ghani testified he too was from Kandahar.

[edit] Combatant Status Review

The detainee was a member of the Taliban:

1. The detainee is an Afghan citizen who stated that he was a Taliban member.
2. The detainee was in the Spin Boldak Mountains with up to 80 other fighters.
3. The detainee recruited members at gunpoint to fight a Jihad against the Afghanistan government and the Americans.
4. The detainee was identified as an executive assistant to the commander of a known Taliban terrorist group.
5. The detainee was captured as he drove past a U.S. convoy on a motorcycle carrying a passenger.
6. As the detainee approached the U.S. convoy, he attempted to evade by steering off the road.
7. During the subsequent pursuit, the detainee crashed his motorcycle and he and his passenger fled the accident in opposite directions, both were headed away from the U.S. forces.
8. Detainee's passenger was shot while attempting to throw a grenade at capturing forces.
9. After his capture, the detainee led U.S. forces to an area that contained four reinforced bunkers in which were located intelligence documents, weapons, ammunition, and bomb making materials.

[edit] Testimony

Abdul Ghani testified that he was not a Taliban fighter and he had never stated he was a Taliban fighter. He said he had been studying at a religious school in Pakistan for the last five years, coming home every three months or so to visit his family.

Abdul Ghani denied recruiting jihadists at gun point.

Abdul Ghani said that he had come home to visit his family, and his brother was missing. His father told him that he had been taken to join the Taliban, and told him to go find him and bring him back. He went to look in the place his father told him to look in the morning. He found the area by noon, where he was stopped by a guard. He told the guard he had come to retrieve his brother, and the guard went away and returned about an hour later with his brother.

Abdul Ghani's brother had a motorcycle, and seemed to be free to go. Abdul hopped on board, and they proceeded to drive home. On the way they encountered an American convoy, pulling over, and being shot at:

"That time I came from Pakistan to my home, the first thing my father told me that my brother had been taken by a man named Durahim. He said he took your brother, so you go look for him, and bring him home... Finally, I found where he was. When I found him, I told him I was sent by our father, and when we tried to go hom, we saw the Americans coming. When we saw the Americans, we left the street for them, and turned on one side to let them go; we drobe a little more and got into an accident. At that time, we were under gunfire by the Americans. They shot him [brother] and they captured me. They captured me, and didn't hit me when they were firing."

Abdul Ghani denied that they were trying to evade the Americans. Abdul Ghani denied seeing his brother try to throw a grenade. Abdul Ghani denied that either he or his brother were armed when they encountered the American convoy. Abdul Ghani denied that either he or his brother had given the Americans any cause to open fire. Abdul Ghani denied any knowledge of a complex of bunkers. He said all he did was take the Americans to where he found his brother.

Abdul Ghani said he had no idea who would have accused him of recruiting for the Taliban, or being a commander's executive assistant.

Abdul Ghani said all the other detainees were strangers to him.

Often, when a detainee describes the death of a relative, the Tribunal's President will offer sympathy. But none of the Tribunal's officers offered Abdul Ghani any sympathy for the death of his brother.

[edit] Administrative Review Board

Captives whose CSRT labelled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to judge whether the captive still posed a threat if repatriated to their home country.^[8]

[edit] First annual Administrative Review Board

A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for his first annual Administrative Review Board on October 25, 2005.^[9]

[edit] Transcript

Ghani chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.^[10]

[edit] The following primary factors favor continued detention

[edit] References

v • d • e Detainees facing charges before the Guantanamo military commission February 2004 Charges  Ali Hamza al-Bahlul (conspiracy) -  Ibrahim al-Qosi (conspiracy) August 2004 Charges  David Hicks (support) November 2005 Charges  Omar Khadr (throwing grenade),  Sufyian Barhoumi,  Ghassan al-Sharbi,  Jabran bin al-Qahtani, / Benyam Mohammed(all charges later dropped) January 2006 Charges  Abdul Zahir June 2006 Ruling All tribunals are cancelled, following Supreme Court ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that Military Commissions were unconstitutional. Future charges are under the Military Commissions Act of 2006. February 2007  David Hicks (support),  Omar Khadr (throwing grenade),  Salim Hamdan (providing support) October 2007 Charges  Mohamed Jawad (throwing grenade) January 2008 Charges  Ahmed al-Darbi (conspiracy and providing support) February 2008 Charges  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Walid Bin 'Attash,  Ammar al-Baluchi (providing support), Ramzi Binalshibh (providing support),  Mustafa al-Hawsawi (providing support),  Mohamed al-Kahtani,  Ibrahim al-Qosi March 2008 Charges  Ahmed Ghailani (embassy bombings) May 2008 Charges  Noor Uthman Muhammaed (charges dropped), Sufyian Barhoumi (charges dropped),  Mohammed Kamin (rocket attack),  Jabran bin al-Qahtani(all charges later dropped) June 2008 Charges  Mohammed Hashim (launching rockets),  Benyam Mohammed(all charges later dropped) July 2008 Charges  Abdul Ghani (all charges later dropped) September 2008 Charges  Abaidullah (storing land mines) October 2008 Charges  Fouad Al Rabia,  Fayiz Al Kandari December 2008 Charges  Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed Al Sawah  Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri