Abdul Zahir (Guantanamo Bay detainee 753)

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Abdul Zahir
Born	1972 (age 51–52)

Abdul Zahir (عبدالظاهر) is a citizen of Afghanistan currently held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1] Charges were leveled against Zahir on January 20, 2006, by the Guantanamo military commissions.^[2] Zahir was charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians in connection with the grenade attack that wounded Canadian reporter Kathleen Kenna.^[3] Kenna wrote an op-ed about her feelings about Abdul Zahir's trial on December 27, 2009.^[4] She wrote that she and her companions weren't interested in retribution. She wrote that she hopes Abdul Zahir has a truly fair trial. She wrote that she and her companions couldn't identify their attackers.

As of October 10, 2010, Abdul Zahir has been held at Guantanamo for eight years.^[5]

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↑ terrorist charged in Afghan grenade attack that injured Canadian, CJAD, January 20, 2006
↑ Alleged Qaeda Member Faces Tribunal, CBS News, April 4, 2006
↑ US brings charges against 10th Guantanamo prisoner, Reuters, January 20, 2006
↑ Kathleen Kenna (2009-12-27). "The justice I want for Captive 783 [sic"]. Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Finsight%2Farticle%2F742968--the-justice-i-want-for-captive-783&date=2009-12-27.
↑ The Guantanamo Docket - Abdul Zahir

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Afghan fantasist to face trial at Guantánamo Andy Worthington
Pentagon announces war-crimes charges against a 10th captive at Guantánamo -- an Afghan citizen, Miami Herald, January 20, 2006
Testimony by Abdul Zahir as witness for detainee Islam (p. 10)Pentagon Reprocessed Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Eight: Captured in Afghanistan (2002-07) Andy Worthington

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2007	Shinwar shooting Hyderabad airstrike Nangar Khel incident Helmand Province airstrikes 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan

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2009	Granai airstrike Kunduz airstrike Narang night raid February 2009 Kabul raids 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack 2009 Kandahar bombing 2009 NATO Afghanistan headquarters bombing Camp Chapman attack

2010	Khataba raid February 2010 Kabul attack Uruzgan helicopter attack Sangin airstrike Maywand District murders Tarok Kolache Nadahan wedding bombing May 2010 Kabul bombing 2010 Badakhshan massacre

2011	Mano Gai airstrike Pakistani border attack Bin Laden raid Sarposa Prison tunneling escape Helmand Province incident 2011 Logar province bombing 2011 Afghanistan Ashura bombings 2011 Nimruz province bombing 2011 Zabul province bombing 2011 Chinook shootdown in Afghanistan

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2013	June 2013 Kabul bombings 2013 Afghan presidential palace attack 2013 attack on U.S. consulate in Herat 2013 Indian embassy attack

2014	Herat Indian Consulate Attack 2014 Paktika car bombing 2014 Yahyakhel suicide bombing 2014 Kabul Serena Hotel attack Atiqullah Raufi assassination December 2014 Kabul bombings

2015	2015 Park Palace guesthouse attack 2015 Kabul Parliament attack Khost suicide bombing Jalalabad suicide bombing August 2015 Kabul attacks 10 August 2015 Kabul suicide attack 22 August 2015 Kabul suicide attack Ghazni prison escape Battle of Kunduz Kunduz hospital airstrike Kandahar Airport attack 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul

2016	February 2016 Kabul bombing Nangarhar Offensive (2016) 2016 Jalalabad suicide bombing Operation Omari Kabul NDS building Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing Wardak Province bombing Kabul Hazara protest bombing Kabul Northgate Hotel bombing Jani Khel offensive Kabul American University siege Kabul Defense Ministry bombing Battle of Tarinkot (2016) Battle of Kunduz (2016) Battle of Boz Qandahari Mazar-i-Sharif German consulate attack Bagram Airfield bombing Kabul Shia mosque bombing

2017	10 January 2017 Afghanistan bombings February 2017 Afghanistan's Supreme Court in Kabul attack March 2017 Kabul attack 2017 Nangarhar airstrike

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Tortured	Abu Zubaydah Mohamedou Ould Slahi Mohammed al-Qahtani Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Jabar Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri Binyam Mohamed

Forced disappearances	Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi Abdu Ali al Haji Sharqawi Muhammed al-Darbi Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman Tariq Mahmood Hassan Ghul Musaad Aruchi Hiwa Abdul Rahman Rashul

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Related media	The Road to Guantánamo Taxi to the Dark Side Standard Operating Procedure Torturing Democracy Enemy Combatant

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Name	Zahir, Abdul
Alternative names
Short description	Afghan Guantanamo detainee
Date of birth	1972
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