Asadullah Jan

Asadullah Jan
BornSwahbi, Pakistan[1]
CitizenshipPakistan
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) Asad Ullah
ISN47
Charge(s)No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
StatusRepatriated 16 July 2003

Asadullah Jan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[2] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 47. Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimated he was born in 1981. However, he has stated that he was only sixteen when he was captured in 2001.

Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts asserted that he was a citizen of Pakistan. He said that although he was born in Pakistan, he was a child of Afghan refugees.

Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert his name was "Asad Ullah". However, in interviews with reporters with the McClatchy News Service in 2008, he said his name was "Asadullah Jan".

He was repatriated July 16, 2003.[3]

  1. ^ "Asad Ullah: JTF-GTMO Detainee Assessment". US Department of Defense. New York Times. 8 February 2003.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidate chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-28.