User:Geo Swan/working/Summary of Evidence memos/pg652

This memo was released in the spring of 2005.^[1]

The allegations this detainee faced were:

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban and/or associated with al Qaida:

1. The detainee was a member of the Taliban.
2. The detainee assisted Mullah Omar in establishing a temporary government following the Taliban conquest of Kabul.
3. The detainee was the Taliban Deputy of Defense during the last days of the Taliban.
4. In November 2001, the detainee spoke with Mullah Omar about supplies for his troops.
5. The detainee was aware the Taliban was providing the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) with financial, weapons, and logistic support in exchange for IMU providing the Taliban with soldiers.
6. The detainee is listed on a United Nations Security Council Resolution requiring member states to freeze his assets due to his association with the Taliban.
7. The detainee was at the al Farouq training camp.

b. The detainee engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners:

1. The detainee was a Taliban commander of approximately 3,000 front-line troops in the Takhar province in October 2001.
2. The detainee was directly commanded by the Taliban Defense Minister.
3. The detainee communicated directly with the Taliban Defense Minister on military objectives.
4. The detainee was preparing to engage opposition forces on 30 November 2001, when the Taliban Defense Minister ordered him to surrender to the Northern Alliance.
5. The detainee was captured on the front lines in Mazar-E-Sharif.

References

1. CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf) released in April 2005, Combatant Status Review Tribunals - October 28 2004 - page 20