Deleted:Khadai Dad

Khadai Dad
Born	1957 (age 66–67)

Khadai Dad is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 655. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1957, in Tarak, Afghanistan.

Khudai Dad was transferred to Afghanistan on February 8, 2006.

Combatant Status Review

Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Dad was among the 60% of prisoners who chose to participate in tribunal hearings. A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee.

Dad's memo accused him of the following:

1. The detainee was to assume a prominent leadership role in Qandahar, Afghanistan via the negotiations between the Taliban Leadership and Pashtun Commanders.
2. The detainee was identified as a Taliban official.
3. On April 12, 2002, the detainee was captured by American forces at a compound utilized by Mullah Berader.
4. Mullah Berader is a Taliban Commander, who, along with another senior Taliban facilitator plotted to kill the current Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

Dad chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.

The following primary factors favor continued detention

a. Connections/Associations

1. The detainee, who places himself in his mid-forties, states he has a brother, Zainullah, who is twelve years old.
2. Zainullah is the name of a 35 year-old Taliban facilitator, who is suspected of conducting bombings and utilizing improvised explosive devices against U.S Forces and the International Community of the Red Cross.
3. The detainee said he lived in Taryitmak Village, Deh Rawud District, Oruagan Province, Afghanistan. He said there were three houses in his village. The detainee lived in one house, and his cousin Abdul Khaliq owned the other two.
4. Zainullah's associate in the Deh Rawud District, Oruzgan Province was Abdul Khaliq.
5. Mullah Zainullah is the former Taliban district chief of Deh Rawud Village, Oruzgan Province.

b. Other Relevant Data

1. On 12 April 2002, the detainee was captured by American forces at a compound utilized by Mullah Berader.
2. Mullah Berader is a Taliban Commander who, along with another senior Taliban facilitator, plotted to kill the current Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

The following primary factors favor release or transfer

a. The detainee denied having any knowledge of the attacks in the U.S. prior to their execution on September 11th. He also denied knowledge of any future attacks on the U.S. or its interest.

b. The detainee has never been a member of any terrorist or mudjahidin organization.

c. The detainee is a migrant farmer with no military experience.

d. According to the detainee, approximately 10 months before he was captured, the Taliban came to his village and attempted to recruit him to fight for the Taliban. When the detainee refused, he was tied up and beaten.

Recommendation memo

In September 2007 the Department of Defense published the recommendation memos from the 133 captives whose repatriation was authorized following their first annual review board hearing. According to his recommendation memo his transfer was authorized on October 17, 2005.

Repatriation

The Department of Defense published a list of when captives were transferred from Guantanamo on November 25, 2008. According to that list Khadai Dad was transferred to Afghan custody on February 8, 2006.

Possible capture in 2008

In February 2008 senior Taliban leader Mansoor Dadullah was captured with five companions near the Afghan/Pakistan border. One of his companions was identified as "Khudai Dad". MSNBC reported officials had offered two accounts of the six men's capture. In one account the six men were captured during a raid on a religious seminary. According to the other account the six men were alleged to have refused to stop when ordered to do so, when attempting to enter Afghanistan, and to have fired back at security officials. Dadullah was reported to have been critically wounded during the capture, and to have died before he received medical attention. The other five men were reported to have been wounded as well.