Said Abasin
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Said Abasin is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 671. American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1982, in Khan o Khel [sic], Afghanistan.
[edit] Release
Said Abasin was one of eighteen Guantanamo captives repatriated to Afghanistan on March 22, 2003.[2][3] All eighteen men were released by Afghan authorities four days later.
Abasin was the owner of a jitney taxi, captured when he was driving two passengers from Kabul to Khost.[3] According to Xinhua Abasin was issued a "certificate of innocence" by the Afghanistan Ministry of the Interior. Xinhua quoted Abasin:
- "It was a nightmare for me, I lost everything, my car, my work and my status in the society."
- "I have no relations with the Taliban, I even hate them, I don't know for what reason I was kept in prison for so long time,"
According to the Washington Post Abasin's father was "an airline official", who lobbied for his son's release.[2] According to the New York Times, Abasin's father is Said Roshan, the director of management administration at the Afghanistan's Ariana Airlines.[4]
The New York Times said Abasin was captured near Gardez, the captical of the Province of Paktia.[4] The article quoted Taj Mohammed Wardak Taj Mohammad Wardak, who was then Governor of Paktia, that Abasin's arrest was a mistake.
[edit] References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ a b "Returning Afghans Talk of Guantanamo: Out of Legal Limbo, Some Tell of Mistreatment", Washington Post, March 26, 2003. Retrieved on February 27.
- ^ a b "Innocent Afghan wants US compensation for Guantanamo detention", Xinhua News, March 26, 2003. Retrieved on February 27.
- ^ a b Carlotta Gall. "U.S. Returns 18 Guantánamo Detainees to Afghanistan", New York Times, March 24, 2003. Retrieved on February 27.
