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Abdul Rauf Aliza

1981–2015

Nationality
Afghanistan
Occupation
warrior

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
    Dates unknown
  2. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
    Dates unknown
  3. Pul-e-Charkhi prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Mullah Abdul Rauf Aliza (Pashto: ملا عبد الرؤوف; 10 February 1981 – 9 May 2015), widely identified as Mullah Abdul Rauf Khadim, was an Afghan militant who served as a senior leader in both the Taliban and ISIS-K. A foot soldier in Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s elite mobile reserve force prior to 9/11, he was detained by the United States after the initial invasion of Afghanistan, and transferred to Guantanamo Bay detention camp, where he was held until 20 December 2007. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 108. Following his release, he returned to militancy in Afghanistan, becoming a provincial-level Taliban commander. After falling out with Taliban leadership in 2014, Rauf swore allegiance to ISIS and was named deputy commander of its Afghanistan-Pakistan based Wilayah Khorasan branch (ISIS-K), before being killed by an Indian airforce drone strike in 09 May 2015.

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