On January 16, 2010, the United States Department of Defense complied with a court order and made public a heavily redacted list of the detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[1][2][3]
Detainees were initially held in primitive, temporary quarters, in what was originally called the Bagram Collection Point, from late 2001.
Detainees were later moved to an indoor detention center until late 2009, when newly constructed facilities were opened.
The identity of most detainees held in Bagram remained classified until the publication of the first list in January 2010.[2]
While some Guantanamo detainees were sent directly to Guantanamo from CIA custody, most Guantanamo detainees spent some time in US Military custody at Bagram, or at the similar Kandahar detention facility. Close to one hundred detainees testified about their time in Bagram during one of their OARDEC proceedings, or told reporters about their stay after their release.
Several dozen individuals reported being held in Bagram prior to the preparation of the official list published in January 2010. A few individuals report being released from Bagram, who aren't on the official list because they arrived there are the official list was prepared.
Guantanamo detainees who reported spending time in Bagram
Testified to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal that he had spent months in detention in Pakistani custody, and then in American custody, in Kandahar and Bagram, prior to being transferred to Cuba.[8] He said none of his interrogators had asked him questions that implied they thought he was affiliated with Al Qaida until after he came to Cuba.
Passed through Bagram after being held in the CIA's black sites, before being transferred to Guantanamo.[9][10][11][12]
963
Abdul Bagi
Testified, to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, that he learned, seven days after his capture, in Bagram, that he was accused of tossing a rifle down a well,[13]
Would have arrived in Bagram on February 17, 2003.[13]
Captured with five other men from the village of Kirmati, near Gardez city in late May 2002. and his brother [20]
Amanullah
A veteran of struggle against Afghanistan's Soviet invaders, in the 1980s, captured in early 2004, who reports he never learned why he was apprehended.[21][22]
Claims he was held for a year in solitary confinement in Bagram.[21]
Spent five years in Guantanamo, was cleared for release in December 2007, and subsequently rearrested in September 2008.[25]
His American lawyer believes he was rearrested because US military officials in Afghanistan failed to update their records to show he had been cleared for release.[25]
Had the security contract for Firebase Salerno. Turned over suspects following a rocket attack on December 1, 2002, only to fall under suspicion of being behind the attack himself.[18]
The nephew and protégé of a powerful militia leader named Pacha Khan Zadran.
An Afghan journalist working as a cameraman for the Canadian CTV network who was accused of being in possession of video of members of the Taliban.[27][28]
A pharmacist who was hired by the new government of Afghanistan's to be Khowst's regional director of the anti-narcotics branch of its new Intelligence service.[26]
Denounced and captured by Jan Baz, a local militia leader who was himself captured by the Americans, four months later.[26]
Testified that he was collecting firewood when arrested.[33]
Uniform issued consisted of "bottle-green overalls over loose brown trousers", which Reuters reported indicated that camp authorities regarded him as a medium security risk.[33]
Mahbub Rahman requested a statement from him, at his Tribunal. He was told that although he was still in US custody, in Bagram, his testimony was not reasonably available.[34]
An Afghan whose family had fled to Pakistan to escape the decades of warfare in Afghanistan. He and his brothers had been educated in Pakistan, and he had trained to become a medical technician. In response to Hamid Karzai's entreaties for educated expatriate Afghans to return he and his brother had returned and set up a medical clinic in their families traditional home. His brother Shahwali Zair Mohammed Shaheen Naqeebyllah was a doctor, and he ran the lab.
The first American officer commanding a small nearby outpost had relied on his brother for introductions to all the local elders, because he was an educated, Western-oriented man, who spoke English.[38] Because his brother had introduced them, the local elders directed all of their requests to the Americans through him. So his brother started writing a series of notes to the local American officer.
When the first American officer was replaced, his brother continued to write these notes to his replacement—who regarded them as threats and arrested the two brothers.[38]
Three Guantanamo detainees testified that Samoud Khan had led the platoon-sized armed band they were captured with; most of their group escaped, but they were told that Samoud was still in Bagram.[40][41][42]
An Afghan whose family had fled to Pakistan to escape the decades of warfare in Afghanistan. He and his brothers had been educated in Pakistan, and he had worked his way through medical school. In response to Hamid Karzai's entreaties for educated expatriate Afghans to return he and his brother had returned and set up a medical clinic in their families traditional home. His brother Rasool Shahwali Zair Mohammed Mohammed was a trained medical technician, who ran the modern medical lab they set up in their clinic.
The first American officer commanding a small nearby outpost had relied on him for introductions to all the local elders, because he was an educated, Western-oriented man, who spoke English.[38] Because he had introduced them, the local elders directed all of their requests to the Americans through him. So he started writing a series of notes to the local American officer.
When the first American officer was replaced, he continued to write these notes to his replacement—who regarded them as threats and arrested the brothers.[38]
The Taliban's last Foreign Minister, released in the fall of 2003.[46]
The BBC reports he sent an envoy to warn the USA a month prior to al Qaeda's attack on 9-11, and that he had argued for turning over Osama bin Laden in September 2001.[47]
A veteran of struggle against Afghanistan's Soviet invaders, in the 1980s, captured in early 2004, who reports he never learned why he was apprehended.[21][22]
Claims he was held for a year in solitary confinement in Bagram.[21]
Had the security contract for Firebase Salerno. Turned over suspects following a rocket attack on December 1, 2002, only to fall under suspicion of being behind the attack himself.[18]
The nephew and protégé of a powerful militia leader named Pacha Khan Zadran.
An Afghan journalist working as a cameraman for the Canadian CTV network who was accused of being in possession of video of members of the Taliban.[27][28]
Mahbub Rahman requested a statement from him, at his Tribunal. He was told that although he was still in US custody, in Bagram, his testimony was not reasonably available.[34]
Three Guantanamo detainees testified that Samoud Khan had led the platoon-sized armed band they were captured with, most of their group escaped, but they were told that Samoud was still in Bagram.[40][41][42]
The Taliban's last Foreign Minister, released in the fall of 2003.[46]
The BBC reports he sent an envoy to warn the USA a month prior to al Qaeda's attack on 9-11, and that he had argued for turning over Osama bin Laden in September 2001.[47]
^ ab"Afghan journalist detained at Bagram Air Base". Committee to Protect Journalists. February 18, 2008. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-02. New York, February 18, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned by the detention of Canadian Television (CTV) journalist Jawed Ahmad by U.S. military forces at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, for almost three months without charge.
^ ab"U.S. should grant rights to detained CTV journalist: groups". CBC News. February 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-02. We are deeply troubled that Jawed Ahmad has been secluded in a U.S. military base for nearly three months without charge," Joel Simon, executive director of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, said in a statement."The United States military must explain the reason for his detention and accord him due process. If he is not charged with any crime then he must be released immediately.
^ ab"Pentagon detains CTV's Afghan journalist". Toronto Sun. February 27, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-02. A military spokesman says a review board has determined that Jawed Ahmad, an Afghan national, is a danger to foreign troops and the Afghan government.[dead link]
^ abTang, Alisa (February 27, 2008). "Afghan CTV journalist declared enemy combatant". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-02. The U.S. military said today a journalist working for Canada's CTV television network, who has been held for four months without being charged, has been designated an unlawful enemy combatant.
^ abGolnar Motevalli (2010-05-26). "New Afghan prison marks change in Obama strategy". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-05-26. Bearded and wearing bottle-green overalls over loose brown trousers that indicate he is a medium risk to security, he tells Colonel Robert Arnell, who leads the panel, that all he was doing at the time he was captured was looking for firewood.
^ abKate Clark (2002-09-02). "Taleban 'warned US of huge attack'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-01-16. An aide to the former Taleban foreign minister, Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, has revealed that he was sent to warn American diplomats and the United Nations that Osama bin Laden was due to launch a huge attack on American soil.
