Rival Afghan leaders meeting in the Qatari capital, Doha, for peace talks have discussed the cases of Rahim and another Afghan detainee, Asadullah Haroon. The US toppled the Taliban from power in when it invaded Afghanistan in the wake of the deadly September 11 attacks on its soil.
He was handcuffed, blindfolded and bundled into a four-wheeler, vanishing without a trace, they said. The US Department of Defense confirmed his arrest eight months later in a press release issued on March 14, , stating he was held in the CIA custody for at least six months before being transferred to Guantanamo.
Accused of being a member of armed group al-Qaeda with links to its the then leader Osama bin Laden, Rahim was eventually moved from CIA custody to Guantanamo in Rahim was born in Chaparhar district in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Like many Afghans fleeing civil war, his family fled to Pakistan when he was just At the age of 16, he joined the Mujahideen, armed Afghan fighters who launched a rebellion against the Soviet occupying army in After the Soviet withdrawal in , Rahim returned to civilian life in Pakistan where he worked as a teacher at a refugee camp in Peshawar, and later as a trader.
Other interrogation techniques used in the past include playing music 24 hours a day, keeping prisoners shackled while standing and rectal force-feeding, which Rahim was also subjected to. Start a Conversation. Follow us on. Living and entertainment iDiva MensXP. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service.
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