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Guantanamo detainee 975 - Bostan Karim

256 (59) September 21 2004

a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban and al Qaida:

1. Detainee was possibly identified as an al Qaida associate, planning landmine attacks in Khowst, Afghanistan.
2. Detainee was possibly identified as a person likely to have communicated with Arab al Qaida members operating in Peshawar, Afghanistan, and working directly for Arab al Qaida in the Knowst province.
3. The detainee recruited others to lay mines that would harm American and Afghan forces.
4. The detainee offered to pay others to lay mines that would harm American and Afghan forces.
5. The detainee was arrested by the Pakistani Police authorities on 13 August 2002 at the Khurgi, Pakistan checkpoint. In the detainee's possession was a Thuraya Satellite telephone, 2,700 United States Dollars, 3,600 Pakistan Rupees, and 70,000 Afghan Rupees.

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a. The detainee is a member of the Taliban and al Qaida:

1. Detainee was possibly identified as an al Qaida associate, planning landmine attacks in Khowst , Afghanistan.
2. Detainee was possibly identified as a person likely to have communicated with Arab al Qaida members operating in Peshawar, Afghanistan, and working directly for Arab al Qaida in the Knowst province.
3. The detainee recruited others to lay mines that would harm American and Afghan forces.
4. The detainee offered to pay others to lay mines that would harm American and Afghan forces.
5. The detainee was arrested by the Pakistani Police authorities on 13 August 2002 at the Khurgi, Pakistan checkpoint. In the detainee's possession was a Thuraya Satellite telephone, 2,700 United States Dollars, 3,600 Pakistan Rupees, and 70,000 Afghan Rupees.
6. A doctors examination of detainee’s hands indicated that extant scarring appeared to be caused by explosives.