Hafizullah Shabaz Khail
Hafizullah Shabaz Khail | |
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| Born | 1946 Paktia, Afghanistan |
| Occupation(s) | Pharmacist, politician |
| Known for | Extrajudicial detention at Guantanamo Bay; participation in Afghanistan's transitional administration |
Dr. Hafizullah Shabaz Khail, an Afghan national, was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp located in Cuba. U.S. intelligence officials approximate his birth year as 1946 in Paktia, Afghanistan.
The Center for Constitutional Rights identifies Khail as a pharmacist who participated in Afghanistan's transitional administration following the Taliban regime's collapse. It is reported that his arrest was wrongful and occurred while he was engaged in a commission tasked with probing governmental corruption.
Khail was returned to Afghanistan on December 12, 2007, but was apprehended once more at his residence in September 2008.
Repatriation
The Department of Defense released a list on November 25, 2008, confirming that Khail's transfer back to Afghanistan took place on December 12, 2007.
According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, since April 2007, all Afghan detainees repatriated from Guantanamo have been placed under Afghan authority at a U.S.-constructed facility within the Pul-e-Charkhi prison complex near Kabul.
Second capture
On February 7, 2009, the Associated Press reported that Hafizullah Shahbaz Khiel was detained again in September 2008, less than a year after his release from Guantanamo in December 2007. His subsequent detention occurred at the Bagram Theater internment facility. Despite affidavits affirming his innocence from local village elders, the Governor of his Province, the National Reconciliation Committee, and two members of the National Legislature, Khail remained in custody.
Peter M. Ryan, an American attorney representing him in his habeas petition, indicated that this second arrest stemmed from military intelligence failing to update records that had cleared him of the initial accusations.
External links
- Sketches of Guantanamo Detainees-Part I, San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 2006
- Faces of Guantanamo: Guantanamo's many wrongfully accused, Center for Constitutional Rights, August 2006
- The Stories of the Afghans Just Released from Guantánamo: Intelligence Failures, Battlefield Myths and Unaccountable Prisons in Afghanistan (Part Two) Andy Worthington