Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohamed Juma Kahm
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Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohamed Juma Kahm is a citizen of Afghanistan
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 118.
American intelligence analysts estimate Kahm was born in 1969, in Fara, Afghanistan.
was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.
Kahm's transcript did not repeat the allegations against him.
He started with the following statement:
In answer to questions Kahm testified that he was under continuous guard after his forcible conscription, and that he expected he would have been shot if he tried to escape.
Prior to his conscription he had once been given four days of training on the AK47.
The men were released the next day.
The story reported:
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in Cuba
Cuba
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 118.
American intelligence analysts estimate Kahm was born in 1969, in Fara, Afghanistan.
Combatant Status Review
Kahm was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (CSRT)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Combatant Status Review Tribunals of the 558 captives who remained in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba in the fall of 2004.-The 2005 release:...
was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.
Kahm's transcript did not repeat the allegations against him.
He started with the following statement:
- "I have evidence I am not an enemy combatant, I was taken by force. I joined the Taliban by force not by choice. Everyone in Afghanistan knows if the Taliban asks you to go with them you cannot say no. The Taliban were fighting against two Generals and they were recruiting people from all over the country. They wanted people to help fight and they took me by force. Our area was under Taliban control, so we could not fight them. We were so poor I could not move my family, that’s why I stayed in the area. The Taliban were there taking things from people, taking money, they were there by foce. That is all I am going to say, I said it under oath and it is the truth."
In answer to questions Kahm testified that he was under continuous guard after his forcible conscription, and that he expected he would have been shot if he tried to escape.
Prior to his conscription he had once been given four days of training on the AK47.
Repatriation and Release
The New York Times reported that a 38 year old Afghan captive named "Abdul Rahman" was repatriated to Afghanistan with six other Afghans on December 16, 2006.The men were released the next day.
The story reported:
- "'The Taliban sent me there by force as they made every family provide one fighter or give money instead,' he said.
- "He said he had been taken into custody in the city of Kunduz, held in the town of Sheberghan, and then 'bought' to Americans of cuba."