[ToloNews] Asadullah Haroon, | ...also in our archives as Haroon al-Afghani. Asadullah Haroon “al Afghani” Gul, as he is listed in his lawsuit against Donald J. Trump, et al demanding his release as a mere member of merely Al Qaeda-linked Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin rather than a full member of boogey-groups Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The lawsuit ignored the fact that the innocent economist was also an admitted courier for senior Al Qaeda leaders... |
In an interview with TOLOnews, Haroon said that he had been tortured many times during his 15 years at the prison and that his health was not good now.
"Ten years of my life were wasted. I graduated from the Faculty of Economics. Now I have forgotten everything.
“One the other hand, I’ve gotten really good at flinging poo, and... well I’m really good at flinging poo. Also, I’ve gotten fat — something that never would have happened had I been supporting myself.”
My identity, dignity and areputation is ruined, and I don’t know what my fault is," he said.Haroon, 41, was arrested in 2007 by US forces in eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province, and taken to Guantanamo Bay.
He said US forces treated him in a bad manner and that the US lacked documents to prove his guilt.
During his 15 years in prison, he said, he wrote more than 900 letters to find a lawyer to defend himself.
"Guantanamo prison was a military camp. I had no legal rights, and I did not have a lawyer for ten years," Haroon said.
But what rights do prisoners have during their imprisonment?
"Under international law, all detainees must be treated fairly and humanely until their crime is proven, free from any discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, language, or gender," said Javid Sangdel, a lawyer.
The Pentagon has identified Assadullah Haroon as the commander of Islamist militias and al-Qaeda couriers.
The Islamic Emirate said that Haroon was freed as a result of engagement between the US and Kabul, but they did not provide details.