Umar Abdullah al-Kunduzi

Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi
Born	1979 Kunduz, Afghanistan
Occupation	Former detainee
Known for	Extrajudicial detention at Guantanamo Bay

Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi is an Afghan citizen who was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay facility located in Cuba.

According to assessments by counter-terrorism experts from Joint Task Force Guantanamo, Al Kunduzi was born in 1979 in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Reports from the Chicago Tribune reveal that he spent the majority of his life residing in Saudi Arabia, where his parents were employed as guest workers, before making his way back to Afghanistan in 2001.

Release

By 2007, Umar Abdullah Al Kunduzi had been freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention center. The Department of Defense's list dated November 25, 2008, confirms that he was returned to Afghanistan on December 12, 2007.

The Center for Constitutional Rights highlights that Afghans sent back from April 2007 onward were placed under Afghan authority within a U.S.-constructed and supervised section of Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul.

Post-detention life

In a March 4, 2009 profile by the Chicago Tribune, it was reported that after his repatriation, Afghan officials held Al Kunduzi for an additional four months. He admitted to being present in Tora Bora during the Taliban regime's downfall. Al Kunduzi expressed that his time detained at Guantanamo negatively affected his job opportunities and that former Taliban contacts exerted pressure on him to rejoin their ranks.

When I say I am vulnerable, understand this—the policy of those on the other side is, 'You're with me, or you're against me.' One day, finally, they will come after me. That's why I want to disappear.