S E C R E T //NOFORN / I 2O3OO7I3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO GUANTANAMO BAY. CUBA APO AE 09360 l3 July 2005 MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, United States Southern Command, 3511 NW 9lst Avenue, Miami, FL33172. Continued Detention (TRCD) for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP (S) 1. (FOUO) Personal Information: JTF GTMO Detainee Assessment JDIMSAIDRC Reference Name: Abdullah Mujahid Aliases and Current/True Name: None Place of Birth: Gardez. Afghanistan (AF) Date of Birth: 01 Januarv 1971 Citizenship: Afehanistan Internment Serial Number (ISN): USgAF-OO11OODP 2. (FOUO) Health: Detainee is in good health and has no known allergies 3. (S//NF) JTF GTMO Assessment: (S) Recommendation: JTF GTMO recommends this detainee be Transfened to the Control of Another Country for Continued Detention (TRCD). a. (S//NF) Summary: JTF GTMO previously assessedetainee as Retain in DoD (DoD) on 12 November 2004. Based upon information obtained since detainee's previous assessment, it is now recommended he be Transferred to the Control of Another Country for Continued Detention (TRCD). For this update recommendation, detainee is assessed as an Afghani political offrcial with ties to senior Taliban and Al-Qaida personnel. He was involved with Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES REASON: E.O. 12958 SECTION 1.5(C) DECLASSIFY ON: 203007 13
S E C R E T //NOFORN I / 2O3OO7I3 Continued Detention for Guantanamo Detainee. ISN: US9AF-001100DP (S) operations and is alleged to have planned an attack on US forces in Gardez, AF. Detainee also planned a coordinated effort to create civil unrest in the Gardez area in attempts to undermine President Karzai's leadership. He has direct ties to Taliban leaders Jalaluddin Haqqani and Saifullah Rahman Mansour. It is assessed this detainee is a MEDIUM risk, as he may pose a threat to the US, its interests and allies. 4. (S//NF) Detainee Background Summar!: Unless otherwise noted, the following paragraphs are based solely on the detainee's statements. a. (S) Prior History: Detainee joined the Harakut-Ul-Mujahideen in 1989 to participate in the Russian Jihad for a span offour years. Subsequently, detainee opened a restaurant in 1993 and joined the Department of Criminal Division of the Gardez Police force mid 1994 or 1995, serving there until the rise of the Taliban in 1996. The Taliban jailed detainee three times in 1996, subsequently, the detainee served as one of President Rabbani's Battalion Commanders for six months until the Taliban disbanded the unit and detainee fled to Peshawar, Pakistan (PK) for a period 20 days. Detainee returned to Gardez, AF, and worked on his farm for one and a half years until 1999. Detainee assumed the position of Chief of Police for Gardez after the fall of the Taliban in 2001 until his time of capture in 2003. b. (S) Training and Activities: Detainee claims that he fought againsthe Taliban in the Gardez area. Detainee claimed that it was mostly the Tajik Tribe, the detainee's tribal affiliation, that fought. The Taliban leaders that they drove out were Mulavi and Shafik; the Taliban fled to Miram Shah, PK. Detainee,ZiaAuddin, and approximately three hundred soldiers of Auddin's group, and coalition members, pursued senior Taliban Commander Saifullah Rahman Mansour to Shai Guls, Zormat province, AF. Saifullah likely escaped into Pakistan. After the Taliban fell, the elders appointed a four-person Paktia security committee. Hajji Saifzullah, governor of the Wardek Province in Afghanistan was president of the committee that appointed the detainee as Chief of Police of Gardez, AF. Sultani, detainee's deputy, became Chief of Security and was later transferred to Kabul, AF. Abdul Rahman, (Analyst Note: This is likely the former Taliban commander and member of the Harakut-e-Mulavi reported as Abdurrahman. Abdunahman is believed to be a translation variant.) became Chief of the Criminal Division for the police force in Gardez, AF. Sharif became director of the prison in Gardez, AF. Sulrakahn became an officer in the 12th division of the Afghan Army. Zia Audin became commander of the 12th division of the Afghan Army. c. (S) Capture Information: United States Special Forces (USSF) arrested detainee in Gardez, AF, on 16 August 2003. Detainee was arrested after turning himself into USSF when a search of his compound was about to occur. Detainee was being investigated due to 2
Continued Detention for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP (S) reports of him running illegal checkpoints, as well as collateral reporting implicating him in involvement with possible Anti-Coalition Militants (ACM) activities in Gardez region of Afghanistan. There is no record of what documents or weapons detainee had in possession at his time of capture. d. (S) Transferred to JTF GTMO: 21 November 2003 e. (S//NF) Reasons for Transfer to JTF GTMO: To provide information on the following: o To provide information on ACM activities in Gardez and High Value Targets (HVTs) in the Paktia Province of Afghanistan. 5. (S/NF) Detainee Threat: a. (S) Assessment: It is assessed the detainee poses a MEDIUM risk, as he may pose a threat to the US. its interests and allies. (S/NF) Reasons for Continued Detention:. (S) Detainee was involved in at least one attack against US forces and has ties to Al- Qaida. o Detainee was responsible for an attack on U.S. forces near Gardez, AF, on25 June 2003, which left one American dead and two others injured. The attack was in response to detainee's dismissal as the Commander of the Gardezpolice force. The source of this information has proved fairly reliable in his reporting. o Faizal Mohammed Sultani was detainee's deputy and is affiliated with Al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Faizal may also be responsible for the attack against USSF that occurred in Gardez, AF. o Oibek Jamaludinovich Jabarov, US9UZ-000452DP, stated that the detainee and he had a conversation in which the detainee had claimed he was a commander that fought against U.S. Forces within the Gardez area and had personal knowledge of a couple of Americans being killed. (Analyst Note: This may be associated to the attack referenced above.) o Detainee secretly met with pro-taliban and Al-Qaida liaisons in Gardez, AF, on 29 June 2003 to establish an agreemento assist Al-Qaida operatives in Shahi Kowt and surrounding area. This group included Zia Auddin,Faizal Sultani, and Hakim Ghulam 3
Continued Detention for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP (S) Hussein. Additionally, on 25 May 2003, the Gardez, AF safehouse was rocketed three times by soldiers from detainee's police force in Zormat, AF.. (S/AIF) Detainee is associated with and possesses unexploited knowledge of key leaders in the Paktia Province, AF. These leaders include: Merahamed, Zia Auddin, and Abdul Faizal. Detainee and these leaders were working with senior Taliban commanders and Al-Qaida associates Saifullah Rahman Mansour and Jalaluddin Haqqani on operations against U.S. and International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). o Merahamed was the commander of the National Defense Service in Gardez, AF. ' Merahamed was also a former Taliban commander of the 1st battalion based in the Konduz province, AF, and then in Charikar Parwan province, AF. o Zia Auddin was the commander of the Afghan National Army in Gardez, AF and is detainee's cousin. Additionally, Zia Audin works for and is related to Jalaluddin Haqqani. ' Zia Uddin and detainee made plans to relocate weapons caches prior to U.S. Special Forces (USSF) entering the Gardez area and also planned to create civil unrest around the Gardez area in attempts to show that President Karzai was unable to control civil unrest in areas outside of Kabul, AF. ' Reporting indicated Zia Auddin had been recruiting men from his tribe to fight; in the event USSF decided to attack him. Additionally, Zia Auddin is suspected to have been responsible for rockets attacks targeting a USSF firebase. ' Further reporting indicates that shortly after U.S. Forces captured the detainee, Zia Auddin was pressuring elders in Gardez to meet with the Ministry of the Interior in order to organize the release of the detainee. ' Analyst Note: The familial connection between detainee and Auddin requires further exploitation. o Saifullah Rahman Mansour is a senior Taliban Commander affiliated with Al- Qaida and Usama Bin Laden (UBL). ' Mansour provided detainee with many heavy and light weapons after the fall of the Taliban. o Jalaluddin Haqqani is a senior Taliban Commander affiliated with UBL and Al- Qaida.. (S) Detainee needs fuither exploitation on his subordinates in the Gardez police force that have been involved with ACM efforts. o One of detainee'subordinates, US9AG-001165, was in charge of the Pol-E Khost, AF, and supplied likely insurgent fighters to ACM efforts. o Former Police officers of the Gardezpolice force, who may be still loyal to detainee, were possibly attempting to blow up the Khowst Bridge. Zia Audin's subcommander. Bow Auddin. was aidine these officers in this mission. 4 S E C R E T //NOFORN I I 2O3OO7I3
S E C R E T /i NOFORN I I 2O3OO7I3 Continued Detention for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: US9AF-001l00DP (S) o Bow Auddin has been selling high explosives to anti-coalition militants, to include Mussa, agardez police officer. Mussa was directly responsible for the IED attack on 4 June 2003. Bow Auddin and Mussa are cousins.. (S) Detainee shows deception when questioned about his activities and background, and his cover story changes quite often. o On 28 Sep 2004, detainee was administered a CVSA examination. The purpose of the examination was to determine the veracity of information already provided by the detainee. The results were No Deception Indicated. b. (S//NF) Detainee's Conduct: Detainee's behavior 6. (S//NF) Detainee lntelligence Value Assessment: a. (S) Assessment: JTF GTMO determined detainee is of MEDIUM intelligence value.. (S) Detainee should be able to provide information on ACM activities in the Gardez, Paktia province area. He should also be able to provide information on senior Taliban officials and their relationships with Al-Qaida. He should have knowledge of weapon caches in the Gardez area and how they are distributed to insurgents. b. (S//NF) Areas of Potential Exploitation: o ACM operations in Afghanistan o Operations in Paktia and Lugar provinces against U.S. and coalition forces. Attacks in Gardez, AF o Operatives o Weapons supply to insurgent forces o Taliban leadership andlor ties to Al-Qaida leadership o Malawi Saifullah Rahman Mansour. Ties to Al-Qaida o Zia Auddin o Jalaluddin Haqqani. Ties to Pakistani ISID. Ties to Al-Qaida leadership o Abdul Faizal Sultani 5 S E C R E T //NOF'ORN I I 2O3OO7I3
Continued Detention for Guantanamo Detainee, ISN: US9AF-001100DP (S) 7. (S) EC Status: Detainee's enemy combatant status was reassessed on 17 December 2004, and he remains an enemy combatant. / /r./(r,pl"l,/ IIw W. HooD \-/ Brigadier General, USA Commanding 6