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Summary of Evidence memos prepared by the Office for the Administrative Review of the Detention of Enemy Combatants justified the continued detention of over one hundred Guantanamo captives based on allegations that they were Taliban fighters.[1][2][3]

Academic studies

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Scholars who have studied the Guantanamo documents the Department of Defense has made public have noted that those documents don't explicity define terms like "Taliban member", "Taliban associate", "Taliban fighter", "al Qaeda member", "al Qaeda associate", or "al Qaeda fighter". Scholars at Seton Hall University, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and at the Brookings Institute have published studies of the documents, and have attempted to analyze what distinguished captives who described using the different terms.

In a paper entitled: "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study" Benjamin Wittes and Zaathira Wyne reported that the memos described 14 of the captives still present in Guantanamo in December 2008 had been described either as "Taliban fighters" or "Taliban operatives". They concluded that five of those captives offered testimony that justified calling them "fighters".

Captives described as "Taliban fighters"

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Captives described as "Taliban fighters"[2]
isn name notes
41 Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad
89 Poolad T. Tsiradzho
165 Adil Said Al Haj Obeid Al Busayss
256 Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai

Captives described as "Taliban operatives" or "Taliban fighters

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Captives described as "Taliban operatives" or "Taliban fighters"[2]
isn name notes
850 Mohammed Hashim
  • a Kuchi nomad.
  • faced charges before a [{Guantanamo military commission]].
899 Shawali Khan
900 Mohamed Jawad
928 Khi Ali Gul
934 Abdul Ghani
944 Sharifullah
965 Hafizullah
968 Haji Bismullah
975 Bostan Karim
1008 Mohammed Mustafa Sohail
1030 Abdul Hafiz
1045 Mohammad Zahir
1103 Mohommad Zahir
1119 Haji Hamidullah

References

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  1. ^ Benjamin Wittes. Robert Chesney, Rabea Benhalim (2010-01-22). "The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking". Brookings Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-24.
  2. ^ a b c Benjamin Wittes, Zaathira Wyne (2008-12-16). "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study" (PDF). The Brookings Institute. Retrieved 2010-02-16. The military alleges that the following detainees are fighters for the Taliban: Majid Mahmud Abdu Ahmad, ISN 41; Poolad T. Tsiradzho, ISN 89; Adil Said Al Haj Obeid Al Busayss, ISN 165; and Riyad Atiq Ali Abdu Al Haj Al Radai, ISN 256. {{cite news}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 113 (help) mirror
  3. ^ Benjamin Wittes, Zaathira Wyne (2009-10-21). "The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study -- supplement". The Brookings Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-17.
  4. ^ a b c d OARDEC. "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15.