Ehsannullah

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The caption to this poster, distributed by the CIA in Afghanistan, reads: “You can receive millions of dollars for helping the Anti-Taliban Force catch Al-Qaida and Taliban murderers. This enough money to take care of your family, your village, your tribe for the rest of your life. Pay for livestock and doctors and school books and housing for all your people."

Ehsannullah is a citizen of Afghanistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1] The Washington Post reported that Ehsannullah was one of eighteen men repatriated to Afghanistan on March 22, 2003, and released with a certificate of innocence by Afghan authorities on March 26, 2003.

Ehsannullah is not a name listed on the official list of captives the Department of Defense released on May 15, 2006.^[2]

Main article: Guantanamo detainees missing from the official list

The Washington Post reported that Ehsannullah was 29.^[1] He claimed American soldiers in Afghanistan had taunted him and beat him. He told the Washington Post the soldiers had dumped a Quran in a toilet: "We cried so much and shouted, 'Please do not do that to the Holy Koran.'"

Main article: Bagram torture and prisoner abuse

Main article: Quran desecration

Ehsannullah, and the other released captives, were given a one set of western clothes, including running shoes, and a package containing their medical records.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b c} "Returning Afghans Talk of Guantanamo: Out of Legal Limbo, Some Tell of Mistreatment", Washington Post, March 26, 2003. Retrieved on February 27.
2. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006