Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520)

Abdul Karim is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] American intelligence analysts estimate Abdul Karim was born in 1982, in Sangin, Afghanistan.

Transfer from Guantanamo

Abdul Karim's name was not included on the official list of the names of the detainees whose classification as "enemy combatants" were reviewed by Combatant Status Review Tribunals. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", April 20 2006] The Tribunals started in July 2004, implying that Abdul Karim was transferred from Guantanamo prior to July 2004.

Release from Pakistani custody

Afghan news reports state that Abdul Karim was released from Pakistani custody together with six other men, including three senior Taliban.cite web
url=http://www.sabawoon.com/read.asp?cat=1&ViewNews=1&newsdate=6/15/2005
title=Seven including two senior Taliban figures freed
publisher="Sabawoon Online"
date=June 15 2005
accessdate=February 21
accessyear=2007] The other six men are
Mullah Yahya,
Mullah Suleman,
Qari Samiullah,
Mirza Mohammad,
Faizullah and
Farooq Khan.Yahya was the Taliban's administrative chief of the Khewa and Darinoor districts.Suleman was a lieutenant of Maulvi Kabir, the Taliban's Governor of Nangarhar.

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