Abdul Salam Zaeef الحاج ملا عبدالسلام ضعيف | |
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.png) Zaeef in 2020 | |
| Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan | |
| In office 2000–2001 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57)[1] Zangiabad, Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Islamic and National Revolution Movement of Afghanistan Taliban |
Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef (/ˈæbdʊl səˈlɑːm zɑːˈiːf/ ; born 1967) is an Afghan diplomat who was the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan before the US invasion of Afghanistan.[2]
He was detained in Pakistan in the fall of 2001 and held until 2005 in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.[2] The United Nations removed Zaeef from its list of terrorists in July 2010.[3]
- ^ Memorandum for Commander, United States Southern Command US Department of Defense
- ^ a b
Abdul Salam Zaeef (2010). "Torture and Abuse on the USS Bataan and in Bagram and Kandahar: An Excerpt from "My Life with the Taliban" by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011.
We were not permitted to talk to each other, but could see one another while the food was handed to us. I eventually saw that Mullahs Fazal, Noori, Burhan, Wasseeq Sahib and Rohani were all among the other prisoners, but still we could not talk to each other.
- ^ "Taliban Author, Ambassador Removed from UN Terrorist List – Businessweek". Archived from the original on 16 April 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2010.