Abdul Samad is a citizen of Afghanistan

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

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 911.

Age

The US Department of Defense estimates he was born in 1982, in Zormat, Afghanistan.
The human rights

Human rights

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 organization Reprieve reports that the International Committee of the Red Cross

International Committee of the Red Cross

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 estimates he was born in 1987.

Capture

Samad was taken into custody during the raid on the compound of Samoud Khan

Samoud Khan

Samoud Khan is a former Afghan militia commander from Logar Province.Asadullah Rahman, the youngest Guantanamo detainee, recounted being apprehended in Samoud's compound when it was raided by American troops....

, a renegade militia leader.
According to Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington is a British historian, journalist, and film director.He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications.In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantanamo detainees....

, Samad and the other men and boys captured in Samoud's compound were "treated brutally in a forward operating base

Forward Operating Base

A forward operating base is any secured forward military position, commonly a military base, that is used to support tactical operations. A FOB may or may not contain an airfield, hospital, or other facilities. The base may be used for an extended period of time. FOBs are traditionally supported...

 in Gardez until they confessed."

Repatriation

On October 9, 2009, the Department of Defense published a list of when captives were transferred from Guantanamo.
That list was published on November 26, 2009.
According to that list Abdul Samad
was repatriated on
Sept. 18, 2004.