Aminullah Amin
Aminullah Amin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chaman, Pakistan |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Known for | Former Taliban official; Guantanamo detainee (ISN 504) |
Aminullah Amin was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention facility located in Cuba. His assigned Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 504.
On 17 September 2004, he was repatriated to Pakistan.
Capture
Pakistani authorities announced Aminullah Amin's apprehension on 20 December 2001.
Role in the Taliban
According to the BBC, his arrest marked the first capture of a high-ranking Taliban official, identifying him as the chief responsible for border security along the southern segment of the frontier.
In United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, Aminullah Amin was designated as the Governor of Saripul Province. He appeared as number 110 on a sanctions list comprising 400 individuals compiled since 1999.
Guantanamo detention
Counter-terrorism analysts from Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) documented that Aminullah Amin was born in Chaman, Pakistan and held Pakistani citizenship. Unlike many detainees, his precise age was not recorded. He was included among the total of 759 individuals detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay but was absent from the roster of 558 detainees subjected to the full Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) procedure.
Following the ruling in Rasul v. Bush, all detainees remaining by late 2004 were provided CSRT hearings; nonetheless, no documentation exists regarding Aminullah Amin’s subsequent detention or transfer details. His release is officially noted as occurring on 17 September 2004, shortly after CSRTs commenced.