Abdul Majid Mahmoud
Abdul Majid Mahmoud | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1979 |
| Occupation | Former detainee |
| Known for | Detained at Guantanamo Bay detention facility without formal charges |
Abdul Majid Mahmoud (born March 3, 1979) was detained without formal charges at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention facility located in Cuba. He was assigned the Guantanamo Internment Serial Number 624. On November 18, 2003, Mahmoud was repatriated to Pakistan.
McClatchy News Service interview
On June 15, 2008, McClatchy News Service released a collection of reports based on conversations with 66 former detainees of Guantanamo, including Abdul Majid Mahmoud.
Mahmoud recounted that he was apprehended by Afghan forces in December 2001 and endured severe conditions for approximately four months. Despite sustaining injuries from shrapnel, he informed Afghan interrogators that his presence in Afghanistan was solely to attend a wedding. It is reported that he was sold to U.S. authorities for $5,000.
Subsequently, Mahmoud confessed to U.S. interrogators that he had been enlisted by the Taliban in Karachi and asserted that he maintained complete honesty throughout his four to five months held at the Kandahar detention center. Nevertheless, he did not receive any special treatment and was moved to Guantanamo for further questioning.
In 2003, Mahmoud took part in a hunger strike protesting the guards’ mistreatment of the Qur'an and was subjected to force-feeding.
While McClatchy estimates Mahmoud’s detention at Guantanamo lasted about twenty months, Department of Defense documentation shows approximately thirteen months in U.S. custody, followed by nearly one year detained in Pakistan after his return.