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Guantanamo detainee 346 - Said Bezan Ashek Shayban

280 (82) November 19 2004

a. The detainee is associated with the Taliban.

1. At the end of April of 2001, the detainee traveled to Afghanistan via Qatar, Bahrain, Karachi, Quetta, and Chaman, Pakistan.
2. The detainee traveled to Afghanistan to join the Taliban and to fight against the Northern Alliance.
3. The detainee was a member of a Taliban rifle squad equipped with AK-47s.
4. A member of the same Taliban rifle squad has been identified as Abdul ((Khaliq)) .
5. ################# is a Taliban leader and a commander of Afghani Military Forces (AMF).
6. The detainee and eleven Afghanis spent six months protecting troop bunkers and holding a defensive line near Kabul, Afghanistan.
7. The detainee stayed at a Taliban mosque in Chaman, Pakistan, for two months.
8. The detainee left his defensive position near Kabul, Afghanistan, and fled to Pakistan.