Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version)

Taken from: http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/bagram-the-first-ever-prisoner-list-the-annotated-version/

On Friday January 15, 2010, the Pentagon responded to a FOIA request submitted by the ACLU last April, and released the first ever list of 645 prisoners held, as of September 22, 2009, in the US prison at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan (the Bagram Theater Internment Facility).

In the hope of making the list more readily accessible — and searchable — than it is through a poorly photocopied Pentagon document, I reproduce it below, with commentary on some the prisoners I have been able to identify. This is very much a work-in-progress, of course, as the state of knowledge regarding Bagram is akin to that regarding Guantánamo back in 2005, before the prisoner lists and 8,000 pages of documents were released that allowed me to research and write my book The Guantánamo Files, and to begin a new career as a full-time journalist on Guantánamo and related issues.

In an article accompanying the publication of this list, “Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List,” I examined what the list — which contains only the prisoners’ names, and not their nationalities or the date and place of their capture — reveals about the small number of foreign prisoners rendered to Bagram from other countries, three of whom are currently waiting to see if the Court of Appeals will overturn the right to habeas corpus that was granted to them by Judge John D. Bates last March, and raise questions about the whereabouts of other known “ghost prisoners” who do not appear to have been included on the list.

In an article to follow, I’ll examine how the list reveals not only that around 3,000 prisoners have been held at Bagram in the last six years, but also how the majority of the prisoners listed here were seized in 2008 and 2009 — and I’ll examine what this means with regard to the US administration’s detention policies and the Geneva Conventions, which were discarded by George W. Bush and have clearly not been reintroduced by Barack Obama.

Although I believe that I have had some success tracking down the stories of some of the 100 or so prisoners on the list who have been held at Bagram for between three and seven years, I have found few clues as to the identities of the majority of those listed, who, as mentioned above, were seized in the last two years. Most reports — by the US military or the media — of raids or skirmishes that led to the capture of those held have not furnished the names of those seized, and on the rare occasion that names have been provided it has tended to be because they are regarded as significant figures.

I have no idea whether the allegations against these men are true, but, more importantly, I have not failed to notice that the majority of the prisoners (often men identified by only one name) are clearly not significant figures at all, and my fear — which, I have no doubt, will be confirmed when more information emerges — is that many of them will be revealed to be victims of the same chaotic approach to the capture of prisoners that has done so much to lose the battle for the “hearts and minds” of the people of Afghanistan and Iraq for the last eight years, and which, with regard to the 218 prisoners seized in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2003 and sent to Guantánamo, I chronicled in The Guantánamo Files.

A clear sign that this is indeed the case came in August 2009, when Maj. Gen. Doug Stone, commissioned by Gen. David Petraeus to review detention policies in Afghanistan, produced a report in which he estimated that “as many as 400 of the 600 held at Bagram can be released,” explaining that “many of these men were swept up in raids” and “have little connection to the insurgency.”

If you have any further information about any of these men, please feel free to email me, and I will incorporate the information into the list.

Bagram: the prisoner list
The first three prisoners listed are referred to by their prisoner numbers at Guantánamo. All three were seized after their release from Guantánamo and imprisoned in Bagram.

459: Gul Zaman. He was released from Guantánamo in April 2005. The circumstances of his recapture are unknown. In The Guantánamo Files, I wrote, “Three members of a family of farmers — 59-year old Abib Sarajuddin, his 30-year old son Gul Zaman and his 39-year old brother Khan Zaman — were captured by US soldiers in a village near Khost in January 2002, allegedly because someone had fired on them, although the men, who were released in 2005 and 2006, said that the soldiers, who arrived at night by helicopter, broke into their houses and arrested them for no reason.”

831: Khadan Kadir. Also identified as Qadir Khandan, he was released from Guantánamo in October 2006. The circumstances of his recapture are unknown. In The Guantánamo Files, I wrote, “Arrested at his home in September 2002 and accused of running a safe house for a bomb-making cell, Khandan pointed out that he was working for the Karzai government in the National Security Office in Khost, and that, as a pharmacist, bombs were ‘truly against my ideology.’ He also explained that he was badly abused by American soldiers in a prison in Khost. ‘They put tight round glasses around my eyes, had my ears shut with plugs and I was covered with a bag,’ he said, adding, ‘I was ordered to stand up 24 hours for 20 days in a row. I had blood coming out of my body and my nose for days because I was tortured so much.’ Describing what appear to be otherwise unreported murders in US custody, he also said, ‘I saw four people die right in front of me.’”

1001: Hafizullah Shabaz Khail. Also identified as Hafizullah Shabaz Khiel, he was released from Guantánamo in December 2007. A 56-year old pharmacist from Zormat, south of Gardez, he had been approached by the town elders after Hamid Karzai first came to power as the head of the interim post-Taliban government, and served as the mayor for six months until an official appointment was made. He then continued to help out with security. “While I was mayor in Zormat,” he said, “there were no problems with the Americans. I met with American commanders several times … We even took pictures together.” He was apparently seized by US forces because of false information provided by a rival, Abdullah Mujahid Haq (who also ended up in Guantánamo).

On his return, he was cleared of all charges by the Afghan government, but in February 2009 the Associated Press reported that he had been seized again during a nighttime raid on his home in September 2008, and noted, pointedly that his story “shows just how difficult it is for the US to determine who is guilty and who is not in Afghanistan, where corruption rules and grudges are held for years, if not decades.”

This time around, he was accused of “treating sick Taliban as a pharmacist,” but as the AP noted, “Some Afghans claim the US is far too quick to arrest people without understanding the complexities of the culture.” Ishaq Gailani, a member of President Hamid Karzai’s government, explained, “We are fed up. Bagram is full of these people who are wrongly accused. They arrest everyone — a 15-year-old boy and a 61-year-old man. They arrest them because they run away from their helicopters … I would run away too if I saw them. They don’t know who is the terrorist and who is not.” As the AP described it, “Zormat elders, leading clerics, the provincial governor, the National Reconciliation Bureau and two members of Parliament have signed documents attesting to Hafizullah’s innocence.” The report also explained, “Family members fear a decades-old feud involving a distant cousin, Fazle Rabi, may have been behind the nighttime raid on Hafizullah’s home.”

For the rest of the Bagram prisoners, their prisoner numbers appear to have carried on from the last numbers given to prisoners sent to Guantánamo. The last was Mohammed Mussa, sent to Guantánamo in November 2003, and his detainee number was 1165.

1207: Haji Pacha Wazir. A Pakistani living in the United Arab Emirates, where he ran an international chain of hawalas, Wazir was suspected of being a major money handler for al-Qaeda. In September 2002, as described by Ron Suskind in his book The One Percent Doctrine, the UAE government froze millions of dollars of his assets and informed him that he was under investigation by the FBI. Although Wazir asked to meet with FBI representatives to persuade them that he was innocent, he was kidnapped by CIA agents en route to the meeting.

After failing to provide useful information under interrogation in the UAE, his brother was then seized, but he provided no useful information either. The CIA then kidnapped two of Wazir’s employees operating a store in Karachi, Pakistan, replacing them with CIA agents of Pakistani descent, who allegedly secured information leading to the capture of “dozens” of key figures. Wazir and the other three men were apparently rendered to a CIA black site, but only Wazir surfaced at Bagram, and the whereabouts of the others is unknown.

In July 2009, Haji Wazir’s habeas corpus petition was denied by US District Court Judge John D. Bates.

1209: Lutfi al-Arabi al-Gharisi. According to a report compiled by Abu Yahya al-Libi, a prisoner who escaped from Bagram in July 2005, one of the prisoners who was held with him was a Tunisian, Abou Houdayfa, whose first name, according to al-Libi, was Lotfi. Captured in Peshawar, Pakistan, at the end of 2002, he was reportedly held in several CIA prisons in Afghanistan, including the “Dark Prison,” before being moved to Bagram. It’s also probable that he is “Hudeifa,” a Tunisian prisoner mentioned by Marwan Jabour, who was also held in several secret prisons, but was released in 2006. He later told his story to Human Rights Watch, who published it as a report, “Ghost Prisoner,” in February 2007.

1220: Arsala Khan
1282: Saifullah Abdul Wali

1286: Malang Zafar. A man of this name was seized in December 2003 by Gurkhas, and was described as a “chief of operations” for Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), a fiercely anti-US group headed by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a veteran warlord who, ironically, received the lion’s share of CIA funding in the 1980s, via Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency (ISI). According to a report in the Independent in December 2003, he was “suspected of organizing a bus bombing in June that killed four German soldiers” and the circumstances of his capture were described as follows: “Attempting to escape from a police checkpoint in Kabul, Malang Zafar Khan drove his pick-up truck straight at the gunpoints of the British Army Gurkhas. They had been waiting for the man sent to blow up the loya jirga, the national constitutional assembly that starts today.”

1287: Gulam Rabbani Abu Bakr. A man of this name was seized in 2003 by Afghan forces and a West Midlands regiment of Territorial Army soldiers, and was reportedly a HIG commander “believed to have been behind a series of car bombings in Kabul.”

1288: Qalam. A man of this name was seized with four others in a raid in Kabul in September 2003, and was reportedly a former HIG commander. An Associated Press report explained: “Khalil Aminzada, deputy chief of police of Kabul, said Tuesday that two suspects were arrested in the capital on Monday by Afghan authorities acting with some foreigners. Aminzada was not sure if the foreigners were from ISAF or the United States. He identified one suspect as Qalam, allegedly a former commander of rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, but did not name the other and or elaborate on what they were suspected of plotting.” Pakistan’s Daily Times reported that Qalam was seized with four other men.

1432: Ahmad Dilshad. A man named Dilshad Ahmad, an alleged leader of the proscribed Pakistani terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, was “arrested in Iraq by British forces, and then given over to the US for interrogation,” according to a report in Asia Times in July 2004, which noted that the first report of his capture was in April 2004, and that he “went under several aliases, including Danish Ahmad and Abdul Rehman al-Dakhil.” SATP added that he was seized in Baghdad with four other men.

1433: Salah Mohammad Ali. This may be the man identified by Abu Yahya al-Libi (an al-Qaeda member who escaped from Bagram in July 2005) as Salah Din al-Bakistani, who lived in Doha, Qatar. According to al-Libi, he was seized in Iraq in 2004, and was apparently held in Abu Ghraib and another “torture prison.” Salah Din was identified by the legal action charity Reprieve as Salahuddin and was apparently seized by British forces and transferred to Bagram with another Pakistani, a rice merchant named Amanatullah Ali. However, no one of that name is on the Bagram prisoner list, even though it is clear, from letters received by his family, that Amanatullah Ali is being held at Bagram.

According to Reprieve, Salahuddin, who was brought up in the Gulf states, “has not been able to contact his family or even reassure them that he is alive.” Reprieve also noted that, through various sources, they have been told that, “as a result of his abuse in UK and US custody, Salahuddin is in catastrophic mental and physical shape, and now spends most of his time in the mental health cells at Bagram.”

1442: Haji Ghulam Farooq

1456: Moez Bin Abdul Qadir Fezzani. From his name, it appears that this prisoner is Tunisian, but what is confusing is that a prisoner with the same name (Moez Ben Abdelkader Fezzani, also identified as Abou Nassim) is held in Guantánamo, where he appears to be identified as Abdul bin Mohammed bin Ourgy. On December 20, following the transfer of two Tunisians from Guantánamo to Italian custody (one of whom, Adel Ben Mabrouk, was also identified in June as Moez Fezzani), Italian TV stations reported that Fezzani was “being moved to Italy to face international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan,” although the transfer has not yet taken place.

1464: Mohammed Amin al-Bakri (Yemeni). Seized in Thailand at the end of 2002, he was reportedly held in three secret CIA prisons before Bagram, according to Abu Yahya al-Libi, the al-Qaeda leader who escaped from Bagram in July 2005. In March 2009, his habeas corpus petition was granted by US District Court Judge John D, Bates, but as of January 2010 the ruling is being reviewed by the Court of Appeals. In his habeas petition, he is identified as Amin Mohammed Abdallah al-Bakri.

1466: Ridha Ahmad Najjar (Tunisian). Seized in Karachi, Pakistan in May 2002, he was reportedly held in four secret CIA prisons before Bagram, according to Abu Yahya al-Libi, the al-Qaeda leader who escaped from Bagram in July 2005. In March 2009, his habeas corpus petition was granted by US District Court Judge John D, Bates, but as of January 2010 the ruling is being reviewed by the Court of Appeals. In his habeas petition, he is identified as Redha al-Najar.

1474: Amal Khan
1503: Noor Agha
1658: Zahir Jan
1691: Mohammed Ayoob
1718: Hafezullah Jan

1815: Fadi Ahmed. Presumably this is Fadi al-Maqaleh, a Yemeni, seized in 2004, who was sent to Abu Ghraib before Bagram, according to Abu Yahya al-Libi, the al-Qaeda leader who escaped from Bagram in July 2005. In March 2009, his habeas corpus petition was granted by US District Court Judge John D, Bates, but as of January 2010 the ruling is being reviewed by the Court of Appeals.

1869: Hamidullah
1877: Abdul Rahman

1897: Fazel Karim. This is a long shot, but a man named Fazal Karim, apparently a former mujahideen fighter in Afghanistan, was in custody in Pakistan, in February 2003, in connection with the murder of Daniel Pearl. As Reuters explained, “Two LeJ members, Naeem Bokhari and Fazal Karim, both in undeclared custody, are suspected of helping in Pearl’s kidnap and murder, intelligence sources say.” In his autobiography, President Musharraf described Karim as a “militant activist,” and stated that he was captured in May 2002, and that he led investigators to Pearl’s body, and also helped direct them to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s alleged involvement in the killing. Musharraf stated that Karim did not know who KSM was — only that he was “Arab-looking” — but this may have been enough for the US authorities to wish to interrogate him in Afghanistan. Also see this report in TIME.

2273: Molvia Hamidullah
2284: Abdul Basset Zadran
2321: Babarak
2343: Samiullah
2369: Jamshir Khan
2401: Mohammad Anwar

2421: Raiz. A man of this name — Haji Raiz, described as “a key terrorist leader” — was captured in July 2007. A report explained, “Police searches also confiscated bomb-making material from Raiz, described by coalition forces as a major improvised explosive device facilitator for both the Taliban and al-Qaeda.”


2422: Abdul Kabir
2463: Dost Mohammed
2505: Abdul Alim

2521: Sayed Gulab. A man of this name was seized in May 2007. A report explained, “Afghan Border Police, advised by Coalition forces, detained a Taliban leader in the Pachir Wa Agam district of Nangarhar province during an operation May 24. After receiving information on the whereabouts of Sayed Gulab, a notorious Nangarhar Taliban area commander and improvised explosive device cell facilitator, ABP members quickly moved to the village of Shir Wagan and detained him. Gulab is currently being held for questioning in a Coalition detention facility.”


2615: Sham Ali Khan
2619: Shafiq
2633: Enayatullah
2634: Mohammed Agha
2635: Sher Jan
2638: Mullah Abdullah
2650: Shad Gul
2660: Abdul Ghafor
2667: Haji Said Nabi
2689: Zabit Yasin
2720: Mohammed Rahim Noori
2724: Mohammed Yosef Noori
2737: Lalay Mohammed
2773: Noor Wali
2784: Niyaz
2802: Wali Jan
2825: Farooq
2827: Gulam Farooq
2842: Keramat
2904: Mohammed Layaq
2908: Haji Najmuddin
2910: Abdul Wali
2965: Abdul Ghafar
2974: Feroz Khan
2977: Enamullah
2978: Ali Sadar
3014: Abdul Karim
3015: Palik Jan
3028: Mohammed Wali
3034: Abdul Qadir
3066: Abdul Zahir
3068: Mohammed Kadir
3070: Hamid Gul
3086: Rahmatullah
3088: Bismullah Abdullah
3094: Mohammed Hassan Khan
3096: Awal Noor
3111: Gul Agha
3112: Akhtar Gul
3154: Qari Mohmand
3160: Nazir Khan
3167: Gul Shezad Khan
3170: Akbar Shah
3197: Sultan Ghul
3205: Hadaytullah
3207: Noor Hassan
3222: Saleh al-Afghani
3226: Ghulam Sawar Jamili
3246: Abdul Raziq
3264: Haji Mohammed
3273: Said Wali Jan
3278: Haji Qayum Boi
3279: Maulawi Hafizullah
3281: Aka Khan
3303: Mohammed Gul
3305: Shadi Khan
3306: Nur Bacha
3308: Kahn Muhamad
3310: Gul Mar Jan

3314: Maulawi Ahmad Jan. A man of this name was seized on September 9, 2007. CJTF-82 reported in a press release, “Afghan National Police, advised by Coalition forces, detained the Taliban district commander of Andar, Ghazni and four others in an operation designed to disrupt insurgent activities in Ghazni Province early this morning. Maulawi Ahmad Jan is known to be extensively involved in the coordination of insurgent activities in Ghazni Province. He has directed IED and ambush attacks against ANSF and Coalition forces throughout the region. During the search of Ahmad Jan’s compound, ANP discovered a weapons and ammunition cache. No shots were fired during the operation and no non-combatants were harmed. ‘With Ahmad Jan now detained, Ghazni will be a less dangerous place,’ said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force-82 spokesperson. ‘Information gained as a result of Ahmad Jan’s capture will undoubtedly result in further interdiction of Taliban fighters and leaders in the area.’”


3316: Mullah Abdul Malik Akund
3343: Gologai
3345: Gul Hanan
3346: Alam
3355: Gul Zaman
3362: Izatullah
3363: Hazrat Wali
3364: Mullah Qadim
3366: Ali Mohammed
3378: Qari Said Daud
3383: Hajji Abdul Rahman Hoteq
3400: Sher Rahman
3401: Abdul Qadir
3402: Haji Amir
3404: Malik Azizurahman
3406: Gawhar Ali
3409: Abdul Satar
3410: Akeeb Khan
3417: Rohullah
3418: Daud Zahir
3422: Maulawi Ahmad Zahir Arab
3437: Momen Khan
3438: Gul Inam Toryalay
3439: Mohammad Daud Gulzar
3444: Juma Gul
3445: Pacha Khan
3446: Nasimullah Khan
3447: Mohammad Zahir
3451: Amanullah Khal
3452: Sakhi Jan
3453: Saleh Mohammad
3454: Ismail Malim
3463: Shams Khan
3464: Rais Mohammad
3466: Haji Zeni Khel

3468: Mullah Shabir. A man of this name was described in a military report in March 2008 as “a Taliban leader detained during a Feb. 25 joint operation in Ghazni province,” who “is believed to have provided intelligence, logistical support and improvised explosive devices to Taliban forces. He also is believed to be responsible for recent rocket attacks throughout Ghazni province, officials said.”

3469: Khan Mohammad
3470: Abdul Anan
3474: Torakay
3479: Qari Arif
3483: Mak Mali Jan
3484: Mohammed Hussein
3485: Qari Abdul Wali
3486: Abdul Nafi
3494: Hayatullah
3496: Khan Gul
3497: Nik Mohammad
3498: Sheikh Yousef Soup
3499: Shaswar Mohammad Nader
3503: Mohammad Ghanam
3505: Sher Bader
3509: Izatullah

3510: Hajj Abdul Majid Khan. A man of this name was detained in March 2008. On April 30, 2008, CJTF-82 announced in a press release, “Coalition forces have released the identity of an insurgent detained during an operation conducted last month to disrupt militant operations in Zabul province. The insurgent, Hajji Abdul Majid Khan, was apprehended during the operation in Qalat District. Khan, 55, was detained March 3 during an operation targeting him. Khan, aka Majid Khan, was a Taliban financier and IED facilitator in Zabul province. He is known to have planned and conducted IED attacks against Coalition forces, harbored and facilitated suicide bombers and raised finances for Taliban operations.”


3511: Wali Gul
3569: Mir Khan
3570: Abdul Ghafar
3572: Ajab
3574: Mujahid Farooq
3575: Mujib Rahman
3578: Mullah Zarbat

3580: Mahajir Ziarahman. A man of this name was detained in April 2008. On April 25, 2008, it was reported: “US-led coalition forces on Friday said two militants detained in the south-eastern province of Khost who were behind suicide bombing targeting Afghan and coalition forces, were identified as members of the Haqanni network, a former mujahideen party that fought invading Russian troops. The two militants, identified as Baitullah and Mahajir Ziarahman, were apprehended during an operation in Sabari district targeting the Haqanni network and improvised explosive device (IED) cells, said a military statement issued from the US base in Bagram. Baitullah, 34, was the target of the operation. He was a member of a Haqanni network based in Sabari that conducted the suicide bombing of the Sabari District Centre last month. According to the statement, Siraj Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani Network, claimed responsibility for the bombing, added the statement. Mahajir Ziarahman, 23, was also a member of the same Sabari-based IED cell and is Biatullah’s brother. Ziarahman has emplaced IEDs targeting Afghan Security Forces and coalition forces in Khowst province, the statement added.” It is not known what happened to Baitullah.


3582: Mullah Toor Jan
3583: Mullah Hamayun Akhund
3584: Qazi Khan
3585: Sadar Wali
3586: Gul Khan
3587: Montaz
3588: Arifullah
3590: Mulla Salim
3594: Safatullah
3595: Mullah Dabazoray
3596: Shah Khalid
3600: Suhabi Rahman
3601: Zhar Mohammad
3603: Mohammad Ismael Saqib
3605: Mohammad Gul
3606: Peera Jan
3607: Akbar Khan
3608: Shah Khan
3609: Aziz Ur-Rahman
3610: Farooq
3612: Haji Satar
3614: Rais Khan
3615: Abdul Haq
3616: Agha Mohammad
3617: Wali Jan
3618: Mir Qalim
3620: Tariq
3622: Mohamaad Yousef
3624: Sibghatullah Jalazai
3625: Abdul Basir
3626: Rhamatullah
3629: Abdul Khaliq
3632: Rashid Ahmed
3633: Samiullah Jalalzai
3634: Mulvi Nasim
3636: Fazel Gul
3637: Mullah Mohammad Akram
3639: Abdul Baghi
3641: Gul Maroof
3643: Mullah Faizoni
3645: Karimullah Sherzai
3646: Qari Yousef
3647: Hajji Nabeeb
3648: Mohammad Shah
3658: Hamidullah
3659: Jamal
3660: Syeddullah
3661: Rahim
3662: Gul Rahman
3663: Abdul Sattar
3664: Abdul Malik
3665: Yacoub
3666: Mullah Hakim Noor
3670: Sadik
3672: Hamza
3673: Mohammad Rahamatullah
3674: Zabiullah
3675: Sayed Mansour
3676: Mehraban
3677: Husonullah
3678: Sher Agah
3680: Mullah Abdul Basir
3681: Mira Khan
3684: Naim Khan
3685: Nasratullah
3686: Ghulam Yaya
3687: Nazar Mohammad
3688: Gul Ahmad
3690: Osman
3691: Noor Ahmad
3698: Shaki
3701: Naqibullah
3704: Farhad
3707: Mohammad Daud
3708: Sayed Rahman
3709: Hazrat Mohammad
3710: Naim Jan
3711: Abdul Qadir
3712: Mohammad Amin Osmani
3713: Asmattulah Meragan Wardak
3714: Amir Mohammad
3715: Pir Mohammad
3717: Fateh Khan
3718: Hamidullah
3719: Sabil Suleyman
3720: Mohammad Nabi Khan
3721: Aminullah
3723: Mohammad Daud
3724: Noor Zaman
3725: Yusuf
3728: Abdul Qayum
3729: Noor Khan
3730: Abdullah Jamsheed
3733: Atiqullah
3736: Hafez Zainullah
3743: Mullah Mohammad
3744: Haji Kashmir
3747: Eid Mar Khan
3748: Shahbodin
3749: Majimuddin Yildaz
3750: Janat Gul
3751: Mir Sahib Jan
3752: Amir Khodaidad
3754: Lal Mohammad
3755: Wazir Khan
3756: Habib Shah
3757: Rai Khan
3758: Abdul Wakil
3760: Eid Wali
3761: Mohammad Raqib
3763: Maulawi Nasir
3764: Shoaib Khan
3765: Khalid Funayis Sayid al-Qahtani
3766: Abd al-Aziz Riaz
3767: Mansour al-Mansour
3770: Mullah Ibrahim
3771: Fazel Rahman
3772: Gul Mohammad
3773: Hazratullah
3774: Hajji Zahar Shah
3775: Abdul Salim
3776: Gul Haidar
3777: Mullah Zahir
3778: Haji Khodaidad
3779: Nawar Khan
3782: Nek Marjan
3783: Ahktar Mohammad
3784: Baitullah
3785: Mohammad Sharif
3787: Qari Rafiullah
3788: Sher Agha
3789: Shah Wali
3791: Shirin Agha
3799: Sultan Shah
3800 Mohammad Ismael
3801: Mohammad Nasir
3802: Rahmatullah
3804: Mohammad Yousef
3805: Dawar Gul
3806: Amin Shir
3807: Mullah Sharif
3808: Wakil
3809: Iqbal
3810: Mohammad Wali
3811: Rais Khan
3812: Hiadullah
3813: Amanullah
3814: Qari Aminullah
3815: Abdul Samad
3816: Bakht Mohammad
3817: Hanif Shah
3818: Gullistan
3819: Gul Badshah
3820: Bismullah
3821: Mohammad Rahim
3822: Abdul Janan
3823: Sadullah
3824: Idris
3825: Khalilullah
3826: Ahmad
3827: Sanullah
3828: Mohibullah
3829: Bakhtyar
3830: Rohullah
3831: Mullah Heidar
3832: Jawid Eqval
3833: Ghafoor
3834: Bakhteh Mohammad
3835: Rashid Noor
3836: Boorhomadin
3837: Fazal Ahad
3838: Mohammadullah
3839: Mohammad Azim
3840: Wali
3841: Rohullah
3842: Musa Khan
3843: Abdul Mohammad
3844: Naimullah
3845: Sher Agha
3847: Badshah Khel
3848: Laek Shah
3849: Sadiqullah
3850: Ezat Shah
3851: Rahim Kham
3852: Mohammad Nasim
3853: Khanullah
3854: Qari Asil Hassan
3856: Mohammadullah
3857: Masoom Khan
3859: Abdul Halim
3860: Abdul Hanan
3861: Rozee Khan
3862: Abdul Aziz
3863: Maulawi Nazim
3865: Haji Abdul Zahar
3866: Basirullah
3867: Juma Guhl Khan
3868: Maulawi Salim
3869: Gul Agha
3870: Ziauddin
3871: Omar Sadiq
3872: Kaifayatullah
3874: Hiatullah
3876: Qari Ahmadullah
3877: Shamsuddin Ul-Rahman
3881: Hamidullah
3882: Taj Mohammad
3883: Mullah Ismael
3884: Bilal
3885: Abas Khan
3886: Janat Khan
3887: Zia Rahman
3888: Tahlimin
3891: Iman Gul
3893: Gul Salam
3894: Hakim Jan
3895: Qasim Khan
3896: Shahkarin
3897: Omar Khan
3898: Mohammad Rahman
3899: Haji Abdul Aziz
3900: Abdul Rahman
3901: Abdul Wahid
3906: Sayed Qalam
3907: Said Alim
3908: Zia Ul-Haq
3909: Naqib Ahmad
3910: Hidayatullah
3911: Qandi Agha
3912: Totee Agha
3913: Kaiser Duhr
3914: Mohammed Ibrahim
3915: Sayed Din Mohammad
3917: Mir Salam Khan
3918: Abdullah Jan
3919: Adil
3920: Mohammad Ayoub
3921: Tawiz Khan
3922: Haji Khiawa Jan
3923: Qasim
3924: Zarin Gul
3925: Miram Jan
3926: Saleh Bad Shah
3927: Mobarak Khan
3928: Alludeen
3929: Abdul Jalal
3930: Haji Abdul Baqi
3932: Bahram Jan
3933: Noor Wali
3934: Sahar Gul
3935: Sultan Ali
3936: Noor Ali
3937: Abgul Ghafour
3938: Abdullah
3939: Noor Alam
3940: Abdul Zatar
3941: Haji Musa Kalim
3943: Hekmatullah
3944: Barakatullah
3945: Salim
3947: Ahmad Noor
3948: Khiali Gul
3949: Janan
3950: Eid Mohammad
3951: Mustafa al-Madani
3952: Taj Gul
3953: Mohammad Akbar
3954: Shamsul Rahman
3955: Baz Gul
3956: Gholam Nabi
3958: Chinar Gul
3959: Munib
3960: Abdul Wahab
3961: Raz Mohammad
3962: Qari Israel
3965: Jahan Gir
3966: Khanai Mohammad
3967: Jawal Shah
3968: Mullah Abdul Raouf
3969: Abdul Ahad
3970: Zarin Gul
3971: Haji Nazair Mohammad
3972: Haji Abdul Ghani
3973: Muhammed
3974: Qari Azizullah
3976: Safir
3977: Abdul Nafi
3978: Haji Katlai
3980: Mikhail Ibrahim Barbur
3981: Sayeed Amin
3982: Hajji Kheyl Mohammad
3983: Shafiq Rahman
3984: Lahur Gul
3985: Murad Khan
3986: Saheb Rahman
3987: Sur Gul
3988: Bismullah
3989: Alam Gul
3990: Abdul Samad
3991: Abdul Haq
3994: Haji Gul Hakim
3995: Hajji Agha Jan
3997: Ajmal Shamsher
3998: Neyamat Gul
3999: Allah Noor
4000: Naqibullah
4001: Khan Dan
4004: Ibrahim Ahmedkhan
4005: Abdullah
4006: Sharif Noor
4007: Sher Hassan
4008: Sefatullah
4009: Baktullah
4011: Saidullah
4013: Wali
4014: Abdullah Kuchi
4016: Matiullah
4017: Abdul Rahman
4018: Rahmat
4019: Munawar Khan
4020: Painda Gul
4021: Adam Jan Popalzai
4022: Abdullah
4023: Rouzi Mohammad
4024: Saleh Mohammad
4025: Ghazi Marjan
4026: Mohammad Hashim
4027: Said Agha
4028: Shamal
4029: Zirat Gul
4030: Abdul Basir
4031: Mullah Bashir
4032: Wakil
4033: Haqmal Saifi
4034: Mohammad Sadiq
4035: Jamaluddin
4036: Atiquallh
4037: Atiqullah
4038: Gulab Shah
4039: Qari Nazar
4040: Abu Bakar
4041: Mohammad Yusef
4042: Musa Khan
4043: Wantan Jan
4044: Mohammad Na’imi
4045: Mohammad Yunus
4046: Sayid Muhammad
4047: Safiullah
4048: Abdul Karim
4051: Ahmedullah
4052: Mirza Khan
4054: Hirullah
4056: Sayed Anwar
4057: Said Jamaluddin
4058: Abdul Fatah
4059: Mohammad Kasim
4060: Khan Wali
4061: Akbar Jan
4062: Said Anwar
4063: Abdul Kareem
4064: Mullah Jalani

4065: Maulawi Qabil. A man of this name was detained in June 2009. According to a report in September 2009, “Maulawi Qabil, a Salafist commander in Konar province was captured June 13. Qabil led multiple attacks against coalition and ANSF forces and transported IEDs within the province.”


4066: Mohammad Osman
4067: Hafizullah
4068: Gholam Sakhi
4069: Ajmal Khan
4070: Lambat
4071: Fazal Rahim
4072: Noorullah
4073: Abdul Qayum
4074: Khan Wali
4075: Jumadin
4076: Mullah Mutalib
4077: Abdul Rahim
4078: Edullah
4079: Ayoub Shah
4080: Shah Mohammad
4081: Sadiqullah
4082: Mohammad Tahir
4083: Shafiullah
4084: Mohammad Agul
4085: Abdul Alim
4086: Abdul Muktar
4087: Mohammad Ghows
4088: Abdul Habib
4089: Sayed Ahmad
4090: Noor Ahmad
4091: Mohammad Karim
4092: Ahmadullah
4093: Juma Jan
4094: Faiz Mohammad
4095: Abdul Raziq
4096: Mohammad Nawabe
4097: Salim
4098: Hokuran
4099: Saifullah
4100: Sar Gul
4101: Bakhtyar Gul
4102: Abdul Ghazni
4103: Mir Weis
4104: Qari Adel
4105: Awaldeen
4106: Sali Mohammad
4107: Lal Mar Jan
4108: Gul Mohammad
4109: Abdul Hadi
4110: Mahmoud
4111: Asil Khan Sultan Khan
4112: Rahmat Wali

4113: Pasta Khan. This may be Masta Khan, who, according to a report in September 2009, is “a foreign fighter and weapons facilitator as well as IED emplacer in Terzayi district, Khost province who was captured July 9.”


4114: Mujahed
4115: Fazil Rahman
4116: Zakariya
4117: Mohammad Qasim
4118: Musa
4119: Abdul Rahman
4120: Mullah Hamadullah
4121: Abdul Malik
4122: Abdul Ghani
4123: Abdullah Jan
4124: Bakhty Gul Turav

4125: Mullah Karim. A man of this name was detained in August 2009. According to a CJTF-82 press release in November 2009, “Mullah Karim was detained Aug. 5. Karim facilitated logistics and safe havens for Taliban commanders in Andar district, Ghazni province. He is responsible for IED and direct attacks against Afghan and coalition forces.”


4126: Mullah Naim
4127: Hajji Wahed
4128: Shamsaullah
4129: Ezatullah
4130: Esmatullah
4131: Naimat Yamatullah
4132: Mohammed Sultan
4133: Janan
4134: Ali Gul
4135: Saidullah
4136: Rahmatullah
4137: Zalmai
4138: Abdul Wasay
4139: Abdul Karim
4140: Mullah Said Ahmad
4141: Mohammad Yaqoub
4142: Rahmatullah
4143: Mohammad Aslam
4144: Ghulam Mohammad
4145: Mohammad Nabi
4146: Toor Jan
4147: Nasr Aldin
4148: Ahbul Bari
4149: Shir Mohammad
4150: Abdul Manan
4151: Niaz Mohammad
4152: Khani Lun
4153: Haji Maulawi Agha
4154: Rafiq
4155: Noor Sayed Ahmad
4156: Muhammad Elyas
4157: Mir Wais
4158: Hawatullah
4159: Hedayatullah
4160: Abdul Ahad
4161: Rahim Dad
4162: Sayed Mohammad
4163: Sardar Wali
4164: Mohammad Rahim
4165: Mullah Bashir
4166: Mohammed
4167: Nawab Khan
4168: Sakhi Jan
4169: Alam Khan Shah Mahamoud

The following numbering system is not explained, although it may be a new system, just introduced:

20001: Mir Wali Khan
20002: Zarghun
20003: Rahmatullah
20004: Maroof
20005: Adel Gul
20006: Hasan Khan
20008: Abdul Hadi
20009: Abdul Rahman
20010: Hayat Khan
20011: Haji Hanbali
20012: Mohammad Hamza
20013: Lal Jan
20014: Mohammad Hashim
20015: Mohammad Fazil
20016: Daud Agha
20017: Abdul Rahim
20019: Abdul Ghafur
20021: Abdul Satar
20022: Mohammad Dawood. A man of this name was detained in September 2009. According to a report , “Mohammad Dawood, a Taliban commander in Gelan district, Ghazni province was detained Sept. 1.”

20023: Mahmood

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